Psalm 35
v.27
May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servants.”
Prior verses included some of David’s “imprecatory prayers:” requests for God to actively, immediately judge his enemies. For the man anointed to lead God’s chosen people, in an earthly nation meant to produce the Messiah, these types of prayers made a certain amount of sense. That does not mean that Christians, today, are expected to pray for their enemies’ immediate destruction (John 18:36; Matthew 5:44–48). Instead, we’re to note that God will enact vengeance in His own time and leave it at that (Romans 12:17–21).