For the longest time I have pondered the next verses in Psalm 139, verses 19-22, wondering what place such expressions of hatred and loathing have in the midst of such a beautiful psalm…[David asking the Lord to smite his enemies]…I know from my Bible college and seminary days that this is an imprecatory psalm, in which David expresses emotions of righteous anger and hatred towards God’s enemies in ways that were common for God-fearing Jews…If we focus solely on the literary genre these verses fit into, we run the risk of missing the point…More than any other character in the Bible, David’s life illustrates the self-examination process—the movement from total lack of awareness to self-awareness, confession of sin, forgiveness, cleansing and real life change… David was BOTH.