Psalm 140:9

Psalm 140:9

Dealing with mischief - makers

Oh dear, don’t you wish you had read this verse before succumbing to the latest workplace gossip? Why is that everywhere we go, especially in employment, there are always people who use their lips and tongues for mischief. Sadly, we try to trust our leaders, but experience shows that they are no better, they speak mischief, and thousands are conned into believing them. 

As a King, David was well-versed in political games, and he soon saw through the arrogance and duplicity of those who opposed him. I apologise for being cynical, but this is the way of the world, there are few people we can really trust, everyone seems to have an agenda. I used to tell myself that most of my work colleagues were playing games, all I had to do was to decide at what level I would play along and at what point I would say, “no more”. If we do that, we become players too, but at least we have choices and are in control of our own destinies!

David constantly makes reference to the lying, devious talk of his enemies and this verse is no exception. Having endured another dose of their evil talk he asks the Lord to turn their mischief back on them. We may do the same thing if we ask the Lord to cause our antagonists to “eat their own words.” What is so encouraging here is that the Bible is prompting us to bring these sorts of issues to the Lord. We are entitled to ask for His help and to pour out our anger, hurt and frustrations before Him. We do not have to keep these things to ourselves and if His name and reputation is being questioned or if the attacks are clearly evil, then we have the right to ask God to engulf our foes with the mischief of their own words! Don’t be ashamed to do this, the Lord God is on our side! Hallelujah!

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