Psalms That Curse (Sean McGowan)

Psalms That Curse

The Bible includes prayers such as, “Blessed are those who take your babies and dash them upon the rocks.” How in the world could such barbaric language be part of the Bible? Moreover, how could God’s holy Word contain an entire genre of cursing psalms, known as “imprecatory psalms”?

In this short work, Pastor Sean McGowan explores how to understand these psalms and addresses the question whether these psalms have any place in the church today. Can the church pray and sing these psalms? Can individual Christians pray these kinds of prayers? This book will equip you to answer these difficult questions.

Endorsements

“Pastor McGowan lays a biblical foundation for the church’s use of the imprecatory psalms. He clearly shows that the Old and New Testaments are not opposed to each other concerning the love of enemies and the seeking of God’s justice. With wisdom and humility, he answers the difficult question concerning how the church can use the imprecatory psalms today. I highly recommend this work.”

–Dr. Richard P. Belcher, Jr., Professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte

“In this very helpful introduction to the imprecatory psalms, Sean McGowan has achieved the all too rare virtues of both brevity and substantiveness, of both popular accessibility and scholarly precision, of both pastoral winsomeness and prophetic urgency. I highly commend it to you.”

–George Grant, pastor of Parish PCA in Franklin, TN