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This psalm, given from David to the director of music, is often interpreted as referring to atheists. From the words of David, it would more likely relate to those who kill his people and oppress (or frustrate) the poor. This is obviously not the sort of capital A atheist we might meet at a family reunion or down at the club.
The first words of the verse, "the fool" is translated as the immoral, or the one who is morally deficient. These individuals reject God and go on to perform all sorts of acts such as we might associate with reprobates, and predators. They "devour my people as men eat bread" and "Evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge." Does this sound like any atheist that you know?
David was speaking from the brutal, ancient world that we love to ignore. If rape and annihilation was de rigueur, who amongst us would state that there were any righteous among them? No, not one.
It doesn't take much imagination to see the world that David was bemoaning. It is very different than the one portrayed by your run of the mill bible college. Allow God to speak to you in truth, not in worldly rhetoric.
The first words of the verse, "the fool" is translated as the immoral, or the one who is morally deficient. These individuals reject God and go on to perform all sorts of acts such as we might associate with reprobates, and predators. They "devour my people as men eat bread" and "Evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the Lord is their refuge." Does this sound like any atheist that you know?
David was speaking from the brutal, ancient world that we love to ignore. If rape and annihilation was de rigueur, who amongst us would state that there were any righteous among them? No, not one.
It doesn't take much imagination to see the world that David was bemoaning. It is very different than the one portrayed by your run of the mill bible college. Allow God to speak to you in truth, not in worldly rhetoric.