1. O God of my praise,
Do not be silent!
2. For they have opened the
wicked and deceitful mouth against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3. They have also surrounded me
with words of hatred,
And fought against me without cause.
4. In return for my love they
act as my accusers;
But I am in prayer.
5. Thus they have repaid me evil
for good,
And hatred for my love.
6. Appoint a wicked man over
him;
And let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7. When he is judged, let him
come forth guilty;
And let his prayer become sin.
8. Let his days be few;
Let another take his office.
9. Let his children be
fatherless,
And his wife a widow.
10. Let his children wander
about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined
homes.
11. Let the creditor seize all
that he has;
And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
12. Let there be none to extend
lovingkindness to him,
Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
13. Let his posterity be cut
off;
In a following generation let their name be blotted
out.
14. Let the iniquity of his
fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15. Let them be before the Lord
continually,
That He may cut off their memory from the earth;
16. Because he did not remember
to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.
17. He also loved cursing, so it
came to him;
And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from
him.
18. But he clothed himself with
cursing as with his garment,
And it entered into his body like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19. Let it be to him as a
garment with which he covers himself,
And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
20. Let this be the reward of my
accusers from the Lord,
And of those who speak evil against my
soul.
Psalm 109 is not unique in
the Bible. In several other psalms (notably 35 and 69,
usually referred to as "imprecatory psalms"), David
cried out for God to curse His enemies. Believe it or
not, if you and I are looking for tools to fight the
scourge of Internet porn in our world (and in our
lives), the prayer language used in these psalms can
provide just the help we need. We can learn some
things about how to fight Internet porn from David's
words. Remember:
• These prayers
are the expression of David's longing for God's
righteousness. As you read through the words of
the psalm above, envision a world devoid of porn, a
world of purity, a world where God's justice reigns
supreme, and people are not taken advantage of by
smut.
• They are utterances
of David's zeal for God and His kingdom. As you
meditate on the verses quoted from Psalm 109, allow
your heart to burn for the advance of God's Kingdom
over the influence of porn.
• They are
expressions of David's abhorrence of sin. Allow
David's prayer to be the expression of your own
heart toward the ugliness of the human degradation
that porn represents.
• They are prophetic
teaching as to the attitude of God toward sin and
of God's dealings with sinners who never come to
faith in Christ. Let your heart be broken, too,
over the plight of those trapped in the industry of
porn. They do not know the Lord, and are thus under
His judgment. Pray for them.
Love is an undeniably powerful
weapon in the Christian's arsenal against sin.
Properly aimed (against sin!), so is hate.