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David unjustly accused.
R. G. LeTourneau was for many years an outstanding Christian businessman—heading a company which manufactured large earthmoving equipment. He once remarked, “We used to make a scraper known as ‘Model G.’ One day somebody asked our salesman what the ‘ …

David knows God’s judgment is fair
David prays that God would manifest his wrath against his enemies (v. 6). He felt that great injustices had been done against him and he was asking the Lord to come into court with anger to judge his enemies. This is not the kind of language we use in prayer meetings today …

Vengeance belongs to the Lord
The writer points out that if a person does not repent, God will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow (v. 12). He will prepare his deadly weapons and ignite his flaming arrows (v. 13). In other words, obedient believers can be comforted knowing that wickednes …