Do not drag me away with the wicked—
with those who do evil—
those who speak friendly words to their neighbors
while planning evil in their hearts.
4 Give them the punishment they so richly deserve!
Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness.
Pay them back for all their evil deeds!
Give them a taste of what they have done to others. Psalm 28:3,4
Lillie-Put 
Amen AMEN AMEN
I guess I’m not very saintly, as I’m glad they’ll get their just desserts…
I think about the wicked who will be included in this judgment whom I happen to like. They are the nice wicked, the friendly wicked, the kind wicked and the wicked I have grown up with and am related to and have relationship with. I will grieve for them.
You have a big heart. I’m still working on all that, needing more healing.
I couldn’t imagine praying that God gives the evil what they deserve. Jesus never made such a statement but instructed us to pray for our enemies, even when they were beating him and nailing him to the torture stake. Moreover, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 shows that “love does not rejoice over unrighteousness”. If something bad happens to someone wicked we shouldn’t be happy about it. When God brings final judgement on the wicked we will rejoice in the glorifying of His name, the vindication of his sovereignty and the peace that we will experience but the destruction of all of those people, who had a chance to survive is not something to rejoice over.
I agree with you Heather and yet as I see David’s prayer here I am struck by the humanness of it and reminded that even when we find ourselves hating rather than loving God’s power to restore is always at work within us. David felt like this and yet God continued to work with him and through him the process of sanctification.