If wickedness turn not, thou wilt whet thy sword. Thou hast bent thy bow and made it ready! Thou hast also prepared the instruments of the death of wickedness. Thou ordainest thine arrows against the persecuting spirit. Behold the way of evil: they travail with iniquity, and conceive mischief, and bring forth falsehood. They made a pit and dug it, and are fallen into the ditch which they made. Their mischief shall return upon their own head, and their violent dealing shall come down upon their own pate. I will celebrate thee, O inward guide, according to thy rightness, and will sing and celebrate to thy name most high!
Text Notes
- The abstract word "wickedness" continues to be the focus in these psalms for meditation. It is the death of the principle of wickedness that is in view.
- Similarly, it is the "persecuting spirit" that our inner light struggles against in our lives.
Reflection
To engage in warfare is important! The battle rages within. Should I capitulate to sectarian impulses? Should I spread hate speech? The Psalmist says that we all, in effect, get pregnant. In the language above, we conceive, we travail, and we bring forth! What will I be pregnant with? Self destructive thoughts? Or plans of inclusive justice? May I, indeed, celebrate the best within me, thou inward light!
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