Psalm 140:6-13
English Standard Version (ESV)
Hearing such wishes for one's enemy puts us in a strange place --- for we have heard the command of Jesus to love one's enemy, and yet (if we are honest) we have probably had such thoughts about our own enemies.
I believe this Psalm is about trusting in God to take care of things. It is a call to trust in God to set things right in the end, a belief that there will be a final piece of justice that will punish the wicked and reward the good. (Of course, we have to allow God to decide who is wicked and who is good. That one isn't for us. We can guess, but we aren't the final determiners.)
Letting God be the final judge frees us from trying to figure out just who is in and who is out. When we see injustice in the world, we can join in the struggle to set it right, but if can't figure out how best to put the pieces back together, and if those who violate others seem to get away with it, we can console ourselves with the knowledge that God will, one day, make sure that all is well.
It's not a free pass to stop caring about what goes on in the world. It is, however, a call to gratitude that we don't have to fix everything in the world.
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