{"id":1058,"date":"2012-05-05T07:23:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T14:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:21:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:21:50","slug":"psalm-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/05\/05\/psalm-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 64"},"content":{"rendered":"

Psalm 64<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>-A title, if I were to title these, “Two Archers, One Winner”<\/span><\/p>\n

This, again, was written during the time of Absalom\u2019s rebellions (2 Samuel 15-18). When reading these verses it is easy to see that words can hurt us greatly. “Sticks and stones my break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is a lie. “Sticks and stones my break my bones but words will surely kill me,” is more accurate. Slander and misuse of words is so severe a sin in the eyes of God, it made the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20.16<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). James spends most of chapter three of his book discussing the problems of the tongue and its power (<\/span>James 3.1-12<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a plot afoot to dethrone David by the words of his son Absalom (see our study of 2 Samuel 15<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>). What Absalom, and those in later chapters such as Shimei\u00a0and Ahithophel (<\/span>see our study of 2 Samuel 16<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>), slandering David, he felt his character was being blasted. Rather than railing against them, David does what we all should do and that is to pray to the only One who can do something about it. God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n