Sing the "Mean" Psalms

Peter Leithart has written a post reminding Christians of the benefit of imprecatory psalms in worship. Consider the following:

As Laurence points out, this cry for justice and for deliverance from satanic powers embraces the entire Psalter. Psalm 1 shows Yahweh blowing away the wicked as chaff, and Psalm 2 introduces Yahweh’s royal Son who shatters nations and kings like pottery. Near the end of the Psalter, Psalm 149 promises that the saints will do the shattering, binding kings and executing justice. The Psalter hands the Son’s rod of iron over to us, because the Psalter is a rod of iron. Singing psalms, we break teeth, blunt arrows, disable unjust hands, silence lying tongues.

Singing the “mean” psalms is thus part of the church’s mission.…

Amen!