Though some passages in the New Testament seem to contradict—and thus supersede—the “immoderate” appeal of the imprecatory psalms, others serve to establish it. The antinomy of loving and cursing one’s enemies is mysterious, yet harmonizable; properly understood, these concepts complement rather than contradict each other. Indeed, in both testaments of Scripture two reactions toward enmity are exampled: the one characteristic of God and of His people, and the other evidenced in extreme circumstances