Psalms that contain such passages are called imprecatory psalms. Let me give you a sampling of these curses:Psalms Passage Example 7:6-16 "O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure." (7:9) Pretty mild so ...
Since 1970, the Catholic Church has not used the so-called imprecatory Psalms and verses in the Liturgy of the Hours (in total, 122 verses have been removed). This article aims to analyze the presence of controversial fragments of the Psalms in the liturgy. It consists of four parts. Fir...
The psalms in general work very well in providing voice to negative emotions in the Christian counseling setting. The difficulty with the imprecatory psalms is that if taken at face value, the client may find themselves trapped in justified anger. The vindictive language has value in Christian ...
The psalms in general work very well in providing voice to negative emotions in the Christian counseling setting. The difficulty with the imprecatory psalms is that if taken at face value, the client may find themselves trapped in justified anger. The vindictive language has value in Christian ...