Divine Correction as Medicine for the Soul

When David prayed, "Let all mine enemies be ashamed," he was not cursing them with malice. Rather, he spoke with prophetical vehemence praedictorium—a prediction that if his enemies refused to acknowledge God's protection of His servants, if they would not recognize that Yahweh had heard and rescued His children, then judgment would surely fall upon them. Yet David wished them no harm as men; his words carried a charitable tincture.…