“Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly” (Psalm 6:10).

Yes! Yes!! That sounds like a winner to me.

At least it did when I first read over it.

I thought of a certain person. But no, that person isn’t my enemy. Maybe he’s just an adversary (I don’t know the fine difference between enemy and adversary). Well, maybe he’s merely a detractor. Then again, perhaps he’s a concerned friend who simply needs to do better at expressing himself.

Enemy, adversary, detractor — whichever he is, God may well need to apply that verse to him. That’s not my business.

But this is:

“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44).