Grace mercy and peace be youth my lord and recent savior Jesus the Christ. Amen. This ___ testament reading raises some difficult questions such as why did the prophet pray for vengeance. How is his prayer justifies in the light of Jesus command to love our enemies and pray for them not pray for them to be destroyed is it? In addition the text seems really historical far away culturally(?) distant from us that we can't locate ourselves anywhere in it we struggle to find its relevant