Imprecatory Psalms and Prayers

Passages

• Psalm 35:1-28 | English Standard Version
• Psalm 55:1-23 | English Standard Version
• Psalm 69:1-36 | English Standard Version
• Psalm 109:1-31 | English Standard Version
• Psalm 137:1–9 | English Standard Version
• Jeremiah 18:19–23 | English Standard Version

Key Words

• נקם | Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament
• Vengeance | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
• נָקַם | Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
• Hebrew GK #5933 | New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis

Journal Articles

• Page 1 | The Psalms of Vengeance Against Their Near Eastern Background; Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, Volume 18, 1992
• Page 166 | The Imprecatory Psalms and Christian Ethics; Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 159
• Page 35 | A Fresh Look at the Imprecatory Psalms; Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 138
• Page 537 | The Imprecations in the Psalms; The Princeton Theological Review, 1903, Vol. 1, Nos. 1–4
• Page 551 | The Imprecatory Psalms; Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 13
• Page 165 | The Imprecatory Psalms, Viewed in the Light of the Southern Rebellion; Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 19

The Place of the Imprecatory Psalms in the Canon of Scripture

• Page 27 | The Place of the Imprecatory Psalms in the Canon of Scripture-Pt.1; The Churchman: Volume 111, Nos. 1–4
• Page 110 | The Place of the Imprecatory Psalms in the Canon of Scripture-Pt.2; The Churchman: Volume 111, Nos. 1–4
• Page 228 | The Hun and the Imprecatory Psalms; Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 76
• Page 7 | The West as Nineveh; Themelios: Volume 31, No. 1, October 2005

Articles or Chapters in Books

• Page 95 | “Imprecatory” Psalms; The Psalms as Christian Worship: A Historical Commentary