(1) Thoughts
1. Who wrote this poem? What kind of poetry is it? What to use? Caption
2. How does the poet question the world? 1/2
3. What is the relationship between wicked people and God? What do evil people do? 3/5
4. How does the poet ask God to deal with evil people? 6
5. What does the poet pray for? 7/8
6. What kind of power does the psalmist say God has? 9
7. How do righteous people react when they see the retribution of evil people? What shall men therefore say? 10/11
(2) Application
Think about how the poet cursed the wicked? Is it right for him to curse the wicked like this?
2. Bible Reading Outline
"Asking God to Punish Evil"
(1) Reasons for Punishment 1-5
1. Because of human sins
(1) Failure to uphold justice
(2) Doing evil in the heart
(3) Rape in the hands
2 , due to man’s sinful nature
(1) Self-inherited nature—born from the mother’s womb
①Alienation from God
②Wrong way
③Lying
(2) Contagious----like snake poison
(3) Homosexuality----no fear
(2) Result of punishment 6---11
1. Method
(1) Remove evil---like a lion pulling out its teeth
(2) Destroy---like a torrent
(3) Attack--the arrow is cut off
(4) Digest---like a snail passing by
(5) Falling---like the womb of fallen
(6) Scraping away---all grace
2. Result
( 1) The righteous rejoice
(2) The righteous are rewarded
(3) The righteous receive the precepts
3. Thoughts and answers
1. Who wrote this poem? What kind of poetry is it? What to use? Caption
①David
②Golden Poems
③Don’t call for destruction
2. How does the poet blame the world? 1/2
Answer: Is it really righteous for you to remain silent? Do you judge with integrity?
3. What is the relationship between wicked people and God? What do evil people do? 3/5
①The wicked are estranged from God as soon as they are born from their mother's womb; ②Their poison is like the poison of snakes, and they are like deaf jackals that have blocked their ears, and do not listen to the sound of magicians, although they use the most powerful magic tools. He didn't listen to the mantra either.
4. How does the poet ask God to deal with the wicked? 6
Answer: Ask God to knock out the young lion’s big teeth.
5. What does the poet pray for? 7/8
Answer: May they be destroyed like the rushing water. When they shoot an arrow with precision, they hope that the arrowhead seems to be cut off. May they be digested like snails, and like the womb of a woman that falls to never see the light of day.
6. What kind of power does the psalmist say God has? 9
Answer: The wicked use thorns to make fire, but before the pot is hot, God will use a whirlwind to blow away both the green and the burning.
7. How do righteous people react when they see the retribution of evil people? Therefore what shall man say? 10/11
①Rejoice.
② Said: "The righteous are indeed rewarded with good things, and there is a God who judges on earth."
4. Application Answers
1. Think about the poet How do you curse the wicked? Is it right for him to curse the wicked like this?
Answer: The poet cursed the wicked:
①Before doing evil: destroyed
②While still in the mother's womb: miscarried
③Judged by God: Cut off
In my opinion, it is right for the psalmist to curse the wicked in this way. He is not doing it for his own benefit, but for the people:
(1) The wicked are too Evil
① Coming from the heart: committing violence
② Coming out of the womb: far away from God
③ Breaking laws and discipline: no justice
(2) The righteous need
①God resists evil: do justice
②God’s style: be acted out
③Faith and obedience: express God
2. Think about how the poet cursed the wicked? Is it right for him to curse the wicked like this?
Answer: (1) Think about how the poet cursed the wicked
①May the wicked be destroyed like the rushing water.
②May the arrow seem to be cut off when the evil man sees it and shoots it accurately.
③May the wicked be digested like a snail.
④May the wicked be like a woman’s womb that fell and never saw the light of day.
⑤May the wicked be cut off
(2) Is it right for him to curse the wicked like this?
Answer: (1) This is a strong cry for justice. At first glance, it seems to be a cry for revenge. The Old Testament was righteous, and this is an important theme in the Psalms.
God loves justice, and those who obey God will experience perfect justice in eternity.
This is true in the Old Testament law because God does not clear the guilty. He knows that God is just and will avenge him
Psalm 58:11 Therefore, people will say: Surely there is good reward for the righteous;
He will do good on earth. God of judgment!
(1) The poet’s curse on the wicked:
① Motive: The poet’s curse is not an unreasonable curse, but comes from the poet’s hatred of sin. This kind of Cursing is asking God to stop evil deeds.
②Position: What the poet curses is not his own enemies, but God's enemies, which reflects the poet's clear-cut belief position of love and hate.
③ Catharsis: Poets are not perfect people. When faced with injustice, they will be filled with righteous indignation. This bad emotion should not be vented to oneself or others, because venting to oneself or others will cause harm. and influence, we need to vent it to God, because only God knows our grievances.
④Vengeance: Cursing words are not used to curse the enemy, but to pray to God, because the poet believes that God can act justly, and casts all his anger on God, and God comes to replace the poet. Revenge.
⑤Effect: It clears away the bad emotions in the poet's heart, brings a hatred of evil to the poet, increases the poet's confidence in God, and gives the poet a sense of justice.