Hi God,
I’m having problems reconciling
today’s psalm-o-matic offering
with one from a few days ago.
Today we read (Ps. 137):
“Fair Babylon, you destroyer,
happy those who pay you back the evil you have done us!
Happy those who seize your children
and smash them against a rock.”
Whereas last Tuesday (Ps. 37),
and again on Friday, we had:
“Do not be provoked by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.
Like grass they wither quickly;
like green plants they wilt away.”
…and a bit further along…
“Be still before the LORD; wait for God.
Do not be provoked by the prosperous,
nor by malicious schemers.
Give up your anger, abandon your wrath;
do not be provoked; it brings only harm. “
So, in one case,
we’re supposed to take delight
when buttheads have their comeuppance,
maybe even revel in extracting revenge;
in the other, we’re supposed to ignore the buttheads,
because they’ll disappear in due time.
I’m guessing that the second message
is more appropriate to us today:
it seems more in keeping
with how I think
that our Savior would think.
What do you think?
While you’re thinking,
I ask you also, please,
to have mercy on my soul,
muddled sinner though I be.
Amen