Psalm of the Week - Psalm 109:1-5 - Week of 11 August, 2014

Pray for the persecuted.

1 My God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,

2 for people who are wicked and deceitful have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

• "It is the unspeakable comfort of all believers, that whoever is against them, God is for them; and to him they may apply as to one pleased to concern himself for them. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it."                                               Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Psalm 109:1-5

•  "Do not neglect me, but take notice of my extreme danger and misery, and let my sentence come forth from thy presence, Delay not to give judgment upon the appeal made to thee. O God of my praise — The author and matter of all my praises: in whom I glory, and not in any wisdom or strength of my own: who hast given me continual occasion to praise thee; whom I have praised, and will praise while I live, and hope to praise to all eternity."                                           Benson Commentary Psalm 109:1

• Today many Christians around the world are being persecuted for their faith. King David appealed to God in Psalm 109. I feel that it is appropriate as a prayer for the persecuted around the world exactly as the psalmist penned it.        Sallee Bonham