Pensive the Ludicrous wrote:
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And yet, that's still what it means.
And you say I'm being literal about things..
Honestly Pensive? While there are a number of Biblical passages which require some interpretation and deeper cultural understanding, and which might have slightly different meanings for different readers, this really isn't one of them. What you see is pretty much what you get with this one:
People say false things about David.
David prays for them to not do this.
People continue to say false things about him.
David prays to God to smite their leader.
I suppose we could wax philosophical on the deeper message about bearing false witness, character assassination, the role of accuser, and the larger issue of horrific punishment from God if you cross one of his Kings (with perhaps some not so subtle warnings to the enemies of Israel of the day), but the question at hand wasn't about that. It was about whether or not the leader mentioned in 109:08 was on the side of the liars mentioned in 109:02 or whether the one requesting that God smite him down was.
The leader was on the side of the liars. That's the only thing I was commenting on. I frankly don't really care about relevance to anything today, and I didn't comment on such. As I've said repeatedly, you invented that connection in your own head all on your own.