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The lament also contains an imprecatory prayer asking God to bring judgment on David’s oppressors.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024

The style of the imprecatory psalms and the denunciating prophets is out of date.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss

When she saw Eva run down the road, with her black hair rising like a mane to the morning wind, she was an embodiment of an imprecatory psalm.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

"Don't you?" said she, coming a step closer, and changing her imprecatory cry for a whisper which made the gamekeeper's lad, following Mr. Gisborne, creep all over.

From The Poor Clare by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Even the unlovely emotion of hatred is frankly expressed in certain of the imprecatory psalms.

From The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Kent, Charles Foster