Psalm 109

In this psalm,
David is crying out to
God to deliver him
from the wicked.
They were deceitful
and hateful,
and they had rewarded
his friendship with
false accusations,
repaying his good with
evil and hatred.
Can you relate?
 “O God of my praise, do not be silent!
For they have opened the wicked
and deceitful mouth against me;
they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
and fought against me without cause.”
“In return for my love they act as my accusers;
but I am in prayer.
Thus they have repaid me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.”
David doesn’t want God to remain silent as he faces

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this psalm, but perhaps it was 2 Samuel 15:1-17:23.

Read this passage, noting how the following people

might fit the description David gives of his enemies in

Psalm 109:1-3.
Absalom (David’s son)
Mephibosheth (note in 2 Sam. 9 all the ways David
had shown him kindness)
Shimei (one ofDavid
Some believe King Saul’s
wrote relatives)
Psalm 55:12-14,20-21
Ahithophel (David’s
with Ahithophel in counselor)
mind.
Read 2 Sam. 11:3 and 2 Sam. 23:34. How might
this explain why Ahithophel turned against David.
What did the wicked give David in exchange for his
friendship and goodness (Ps. 109:4-5)?
How did David handle this (Ps. 109:4)?
Read 1 Peter 4:14-16,19. What are we blessed for?
What should we do and what shouldn’t we do if we
suffer as a Christian (v. 16)?
If we suffer according to God’s will, what two
actions should we take (v. 19)?
Read Phil. 4:6-7. What should our attitude be in
everything?
What should our action be?
What will be the result, according to verse 7?
What does Jesus tell us to do in Luke 6:27-35?
Have you been hurt by someone? Are you still angry?
Do you want peace of mind? You have two options . . .
 When someone hurts you, you have two options:
Go directly to God in prayer
(as David did)
God listens to me and gives
me His (better) perspective
I feel peace! The “need” to
vent to others is gone
I have honored God by valuing
unity over the temporary pleasure
of gossiping and gaining sympathy
from others.
Proverbs
15:8
Tell people all about it James
3:5
The listeners begin to think
less of my offender
They join me in speaking
negatively about my offender
I have succeeded in:
Causing others to sin
Creating division in relationships
Making myself more upset by
reviewing the details over and over
Directly, knowingly, and willfully
disobeying God’s Word by reacting
according to my flesh rather than
submitting to the Spirit
(Gal. 5:19-25)
 “Appoint a wicked man over him;
and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;
and let his prayer become sin.
Let his days be few;
let another take his office.
Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow.
Let his children wander about and beg;
and let them seek sustenance
far from their ruined homes.
Let the creditor seize all that he has;
and let strangers plunder the product of his labor.
Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him,
Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.
Let his posterity be cut off;
in a following generation let their name be blotted out.”
 “Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,
and do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out.
Let them be before the Lord continually,
that He may cut off their memory from the earth;
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.
He also loved cursing, so it came to him;
and he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment,
and it entered into his body like water,
and like oil into his bones.
Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself,
and for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord,
and of those who speak evil against my soul.”
 “But Thou,
O God, the Lord,
deal kindly with me
for Thy name’s sake;
because Thy lovingkindness
is good, deliver me;
for I am afflicted and needy,
and my heart
is wounded within me.
I am passing like a shadow
when it lengthens;
I am shaken off
like the locust.
My knees are weak
from fasting;
and my flesh has grown
lean, without fatness.”
 “I also have become
a reproach to them;
when they see me,
they wag their head.
Help me, O Lord my God;
save me according to
Thy lovingkindness.”
 “And let them know
that this is Thy hand;
Thou, Lord, has done it.
Let them curse,
but do Thou bless;
When they arise,
they shall be ashamed,
but Thy servant shall be glad.
Let my accusers
be clothed with dishonor,
and let them cover themselves
with their own shame
as with a robe.”
What does David want his enemies to know (v. 26-27)?
What does David have confidence that God will do
(v. 28-29)?
What does Prov. 17:13 say about the man who pays

back 2evil
Read for 16:5-13.
Sam. good? What was Shimei doing?
What does Abishai want to do, and what is David’s
response?
Read 2 Sam. 19:16-23. David is now returning in
victory. What does Shimei do? What is Abishai’s
response and what is David’s response?
According to Matthew 18:21-22, what is our attitude

to be
How toward
does God those who
want us to do us wrong?
respond to those who do
us evil (1 Peter 3:9-12)?
“With my mouth I will give thanks
abundantly to the Lord;
and in the midst of many
I will praise Him.
For He stands at the
right hand of the needy,
to save him from those
who judge his soul.”
Read Romans 12:19-21. Who will avenge us?
What is our action to be toward those who do us
wrong?
If we choose to react in anger to those who do us
wrong, if we take revenge into our own hands, we
have been overcome by evil. Instead, God wants us
to overcome evil. How are we instructed to
overcome evil in verse 21?
This is impossible to do on your own, but what does
Jesus say in John 15:5 is the source of our
strength?
Are you facing a situation where someone has wronged

you? Ask God to help you not to be overcome by

his/her evil but to overcome the evil with good. Say
Philippians 4:13, inserting your own name!
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