Psalm 58
March 9, 2015[For more on imprecatory Psalms, see this link or this link.] Occasioned by the injustices of the ruling class, the community petitions God to judge their unjust judges. A worshipper speaks for the community in a kind of “cultic prophetic lament.”[1] One might imagine a Jeremiah or some priestly leader voicing this complaint at the […]
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