Imprecatory Psalms - Theopedia

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Imprecatory psalms are those those psalms that contain curses or prayers for the punishment of the psalmist's enemies. To imprecate means to invoke evil upon, or curse. Psalms 7, 35, 55, 58, 59, 69, 79, 109, 137 and 139 all contain prayers for God's judgment on the psalmist's enemies. Example imprecatory statements from the Psalms follow:

* Psalm 55:15 - Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave.
* Psalm 58:6 - O God, break the teeth in their mouths.
* Psalm 69:28 - May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.
* Psalm 109:9 - May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
* Psalm 137:9 - How blessed will be the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks."