Psalms 59 (Part IV)

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11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,
        or my people will forget.
        In your might uproot them
        and bring them down.
12 For the sins of their mouths,
        for the words of their lips,
        let them be caught in their pride.
        For the curses and lies they utter,
13 consume them in your wrath,
        consume them till they are no more.
        Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
        that God rules over Jacob.

David calls these men waiting to kill him his enemies, evildoers, fierce men, they wander like dogs snarling conspiring against him, and they spew sharp words. 

Yet here, David asks the Lord in the confidence that God will most definitely protect him and go before him to not kill them.  Instead, he wants the people to see these men fall for being the kind of men that they are.  Let their own lack of fear for God, their own immorality, their own actions entangle them and cause them to strangle.  Then everyone will see what causes the downfall of man and their need to listen to God and follow Him.  David doesn't ask for a quick kill and speedy death for these enemies and evildoers.  He asks for Gods wrath to fall on them in a steady beat to their own evil actions so that they'll not just be consumed physically, but in every way so that they exist no more.  Why?  So the people will see and remember that there is a God that rules their land.

I find these thoughts striking.  For one, he is so absolute confident in God's resources and action on his behalf that whether God will destroy these men is no longer a question at all.  And second, he wants them to fall in a way that is complete and teaches the people to trust in God and His ways and know that any other way leads to destruction.  Truly this is the heart of God.  Complete trust in Him and pursuing only His will in everyone.

Do I pray for my enemies?  If so, I should pray for them to find God or to be utterly destroyed by their own wickedness so others will find God.  While I find praying for enemies the hardest possible thing on earth, somehow this thought or type of praying seems better.  David prayed for his enemies, but he wanted them to be used for the righteousness of others and for their evil actions to consume them so everyone would know there is a God.