Psalms 109:12

Psalms 109:12 says, Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.  David is still talking about the wicked, and says that none should show mercy to him or his children.  This is not to be our attitude as followers of Christ today though.  Verse thirteen adds, Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.  David asked that the prosperity of the wicked be cutoff and their name forgotten in the coming generations.  We would do well to forget the names of the wicked in one respect, but it is good to remember them and the evil they did in another, so that we might learn how to avoid others like them.  Verse fourteen states, Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.  God is going to remember the iniquity of everyone, unless we come to Him through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.  We have all at one time been guilty of sin, so we need to pray for the salvation of others.  Verse fifteen adds, Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.  David calls for the wicked to be continually before the LORD in judgment so that He may cut their memory off from the earth.  God is one day going to cut off the memory of the wicked, when He comes in judgment.  Until then, we are called on to share with them the gospel of Christ.  Verse sixteen continues, Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.  David asked that God cut off the wicked because they did not show mercy but instead persecuted the poor and needy.  As Christians, we are called on by God to show mercy on the poor and needy, but we too often look down on them I believe.  Verse seventeen declares, As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.  Cursing here does not refer to using profanity, but on pronouncing curses on the poor and needy.  The wicked delighted in pronouncing curses on people instead of blessings.  We as Christians are called on to pray for and help those in need, especially the children.  Verse eighteen adds, As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.  David said that since the wicked clothed themselves in cursing, or wishing for the worst for others, that God should pronounce His curse upon them.  Verse nineteen continues, Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.  David said that just as the wicked had draped themselves in curses against others that God should drape them in their own curses.  We need to be careful that we as followers of Christ do begin to wish those who are evil to be destroyed more than we pray for them to be saved.  Verse twenty concludes, Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.  David asked that all this be what happened to the wicked and to those who spoke evil against him.  Once more, we are called on to pray for the salvation of the wicked, even if they speak evil against our soul.