About half of the Book of Psalms involve prayers of faith in times of adversity. These
"imprecatory" psalms invoke God's curse or judgement on the wicked. These were not written out of a petty vindictiveness, but out of zeal for God's name, His justice and His righteousness. They call on God to lift up the righteous and bring down the wicked.

Although believers are instructed to forgive their enemies and to pray for their salvation, a time comes when we must pray for evil to cease and for justice to be done for the innocent. Believers have a right to pray for God's protection from evil people.

As you read these prayers, note that the psalmist does not take vengeance into his own hands but commits it to God. These prayers are inspired words of the Holy Spirit, and not just as the expression of the human desire of the psalmist.

The imprecatory psalms point to the truth that when the iniquity of the wicked reaches its full measure, the Lord in His righteousness does judge and destroy. The ultimate goal of an imprecatory prayer is to see injustice and cruelty come to an end, evil destroyed, Satan defeated, godliness exalted and the kingdom of God realized.


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