The two curses

Ps 62 1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down-- this leaning wall, this tottering fence?

4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse. "Selah"

All troubles in this world are caused by the wicked who rise in power , who redefine Gods word. When the Psalmist describes how he is opposed by these schemes (lies) he uses the word "assault" as a metaphor of being assaulted physically. The redefining of Gods word as spoken by the wicked as God counts each word in experiencing this assault is described in the word "curse". The Psalmist teaches two kinds of cursing. The wicked cursing the righteous and God cursing the wicked.Ps 109 "4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship. 6 Appoint an evil man to oppose him; let an accuser stand at his right hand." Here the Psalmist is distinguishing between a wicked man who uses accusations in order to destroy people and move up the ladder of success and a righteous man of prayer. What does the Psalmist pray? He prays that God will place the whole weight of the law and condemnation upon this man.The Psalmist is simply repeating the words of God that pronounce judgement upon this violent opposition. Now listen! there is no neutral communication in Gods kingdom! Any word that is spoken to redefine Gods perfect kingdom is to speak violence. 

This is why I am so dogmatic in describing salvation as justification by faith being equal to being acceptable to God because of Christ when we are judged by the whole law. If I were to say that there is further work to be done after we are justified then God would need to scrutinize each word that we say and condemn us because of the corruption that is part of our describing. Now listen this is really important. Our confidence in Gods promises is dependent upon understanding that our personal rejection in facing our opposition is the same as embracing the curse. We must embrace this whole package deal in being accepted and supported by the word of God with a kind of impersonal reaction to our opposition. Once we try to explain this judgement in our own anger and experience we fall from grace. God has given us an outlet in the ligament use of the "righteous curse." 

When we divide our experience and seek to address each issue we are pragmatist. When we use pragmatism to define our experience its like throwing water on the good witch . Our defense is using Gods word to unite our experience with His desires. Our whole problem with insecurity is in experiencing disconnection with all that God has created both physical and meta physical. We can only gain more confidence when we unite Gods purposes in the "righteous curse" as we stand free from the condemnation of the law while the wicked suffer under the full weight of the law. We experience the ultimate unity when we worship God as absolute judge or substitute in the back drop of this awful pronouncement that sheds the greatest light upon the goodness of God in all of its colors.