Psalm 109 Your Response

Someone has spoken against you. How do you respond? King David records his feelings and thoughts about them. Although he writes as if he is going to take matters into his own hands, in truth,he is calling upon God who is the God of vengeance. He alone has the authority or means to take care of those who demean us without reason. 

David begins and ends his prayer with praise which is significant because it shows us his true heart. The other words are words of his heart but not of his actions. Sometimes that is just like us. We have been deeply hurt and our thoughts and words echo those hurts but instead of fulfilling our words, we take them to God. There in His holy temple God hears and He responds in accord with the sinners. That is His character and not ours.