1 복 있는 사람은 악인의 꾀를 좇지 아니하며 죄인의 길에 서지 아니하며 오만한 자의 자리에 앉지 아니하고 2 오직 여호와의 율법을 즐거워하여 그 율법을 주야로 묵상하는 자로다 3 저는 시냇가에 심은 나무가 시절을 좇아 과실을 맺으며 그 잎사귀가 마르지 아니함 같으니 그 행사가 다 형통하리로다 4 악인은 그렇지 않음이여 오직 바람에 나는 겨와 같도다 5 그러므로 악인이 심판을 견디지 못하며 죄인이 의인의 회중에 들지 못하리로다 6 대저 의인의 길은 여호와께서 인정하시나 악인의 길은 망하리로다
The thing that stands out about the psalms is how violent, vengeful, and vindictive they are. "Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth ... let them be cut pieces." Such prayers fill the psalms along with statements like this: "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked."
Here are some highlights:
* God will hit the heathens with a rod of iron and "dash them in pieces." 2:9
* God hates sinners. 5:5
* Dead people neither remember God nor give him thanks. 6:5
* God hides from those who need him the most. 10:1
* God will rain fire and brimstone upon "wicked" people. 11:6
* Atheists are fools who never do anything good. 14:1, 53:1
* Smoke comes out of God's nose and fire comes out of his mouth. 18:8
* God rides upon cherubs and can fly. 18:10
* The God of Peace teaches us to kill our neighbors in war. 18:34, 144:1
* If God doesn't like you, he'll burn you to death. 21:9
* If you forget God, he will tear you in pieces. 50:22
* If you don't trust God, he'll kill you, and while you're dying the "righteous" will laugh at you. 52:5-6
* Bad people are bad from birth -- God made them that way. 58:3
* "Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth, ... let them be cut pieces." 58:6-8
* "The righteous" will rejoice when they see "the wicked" being dismembered by God. They'll "wash their feet in the blood of the wicked." 58:10
* The heathen "make a noise like a dog ... Behold, they belch out with their mouths." 59:5
* God will "wound the head of his enemies" and the righteous will dip their feet in their blood. 68:21, 23
* "Let their eyes be darkened ... and make their loins continually to shake." 69:22-23
* The earth is stationary and does not move. 93:1, 104:5
* God will "fill the places with dead bodies." 110:6
* God is praised for slaughtering little babies. 135:8, 136:10
* Happiness is smashing your little children against rocks. 137:9
* God is in hell. 139:8
* "Do not I hate them, O Lord? ... I hate them with a perfect hatred." 139:19-22
* A prayer that God will burn people to death. 140:10
The thing that stands out about the psalms is how violent, vengeful, and vindictive they are. "Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth ... let them be cut pieces." Such prayers fill the psalms along with statements like this: "The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked."
Here are some highlights:
* God will hit the heathens with a rod of iron and "dash them in pieces." 2:9
* God hates sinners. 5:5
* Dead people neither remember God nor give him thanks. 6:5
* God hides from those who need him the most. 10:1
* God will rain fire and brimstone upon "wicked" people. 11:6
* Atheists are fools who never do anything good. 14:1, 53:1
* Smoke comes out of God's nose and fire comes out of his mouth. 18:8
* God rides upon cherubs and can fly. 18:10
* The God of Peace teaches us to kill our neighbors in war. 18:34, 144:1
* If God doesn't like you, he'll burn you to death. 21:9
* If you forget God, he will tear you in pieces. 50:22
* If you don't trust God, he'll kill you, and while you're dying the "righteous" will laugh at you. 52:5-6
* Bad people are bad from birth -- God made them that way. 58:3
* "Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth, ... let them be cut pieces." 58:6-8
* "The righteous" will rejoice when they see "the wicked" being dismembered by God. They'll "wash their feet in the blood of the wicked." 58:10
* The heathen "make a noise like a dog ... Behold, they belch out with their mouths." 59:5
* God will "wound the head of his enemies" and the righteous will dip their feet in their blood. 68:21, 23
* "Let their eyes be darkened ... and make their loins continually to shake." 69:22-23
* The earth is stationary and does not move. 93:1, 104:5
* God will "fill the places with dead bodies." 110:6
* God is praised for slaughtering little babies. 135:8, 136:10
* Happiness is smashing your little children against rocks. 137:9
* God is in hell. 139:8
* "Do not I hate them, O Lord? ... I hate them with a perfect hatred." 139:19-22
* A prayer that God will burn people to death. 140:10