Understanding Divine Justice in Imprecatory Psalms

Now I remind you of that because what we are going to say about this Psalm 69 applies in exactly the same way to the others also now why why is it important that we should look at this it is and that is the business of teaching is to call attention to things like this you shouldn't read a statement like this in the scripture and just pass over it it's a very striking statement and it's important we should look at it because this is the sort of thing that creates profound difficulties in the minds of many people. [00:11:32]

Well now those are the charges which are put in various ways but those are the essential charges now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]

Now how do we approach this well it seems to me the way to approach it is this what are the questions that are raised by that kind of statement you see you read a statement like that what are the questions that a man speaking like that or writing like that is rarely raising well now here it seems to me are the vital questions that he's raising the first is the whole question of the Old Testament that's what he's really phrasing you see quite early in the history of the church a her heretic arose and had quite a number of followers who more or less rejected the whole of the Old Testament. [00:14:30]