Psalms – General
Some of the Psalms are good, many are indifferent, a few are infamous. In them are mingled the vices and virtues. There are verses that elevate, verses that degrade. There are prayers for forgiveness and revenge. In the literature of the world there is nothing more heartless, more infamous, than the 109th Psalm.
Psalms 5:5-6 - This psalm says that fools "shall not stand in thy sight." But foolishness is highly recommended by Paul in the New Testament.
Psalms 5:5 - Christians often say that one should love the sinner but hate the sin. Perhaps, but God hates sinners. This verse, by the way, is used to justify the Rev. Fred Phelps' slogan that "God hates fags." His logic is impeccable if one accepts the Bible. God hates sinners (Ps.5:5). Homosexuality is a sin (Lev.18:22, Lev.20:13). Therefore God hates homosexuals or fags, as Rev. Phelps indelicately puts it.
Psalms 6:5 - Dead people, contrary to many Bible verses, neither remember God nor give him thanks.
Psalms 10:1 - This verse says that God hides from the ones who need his help. But other Psalms (46:1 and 145:1) say that he is always ready to help in times of trouble.
Psalms 14:1 - Atheists are fools who never do anything good. According to Jesus (Mt.5:22), the psalmist is in danger of hell for uttering the word fool.
Psalms 18:34 - The God of peace teaches us how to kill our neighbours in war.
Psalms 18:41 - God sometimes refuses to answer those who cry out to him, contrary to Pr.8:7 and the teaching of Jesus in Mt.7:8.
Psalms 19:6 - The sun moves around the earth.
Psalms 30:5 - This verse says that God's anger lasts for just a moment. But Num.32:13 and Jer.17:4 say that his anger can last a very long time.
Psalms 35:6, 8 - A sweet prayer for the destruction of one's enemies.
Psalms 37:11 - "The meek shall inherit the earth." Will they really? In nature they inherit nothing, but die painful deaths from disease, starvation, and predation.
Psalms 37:25 - According to this verse, wealth is a sign of righteousness. But this is contradicted in Luke 6:24 and James 5:1.
Psalms 40:6 - Misquoted in Heb.10:5-6.
Psalms 44:21 - God "knoweth the secrets of the heart." Then why does he have to test people to see what was in their hearts?
Psalms 44:23 - "Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?" But according to Ps.121:4 God never sleeps.
Psalms 51:16 - If God "delightest not in burnt offerings", then why did he give detailed instructions for making burnt offerings in the first nine chapters of Leviticus?
Psalms 52:5-7 - If you don't trust in God, he'll kill you and while you're dying the "righteous" will laugh at you.
Psalms 53:3 - Here we are told that there never has been a single righteous person. Yet in other places, the Bible clearly says that such people have existed.
Psalms 55:23 - This verse says that the wicked die young. But Job 21:7 complains that they live to a ripe old age.
Psalms 58:3 - Wicked people are wicked from birth, God made them that way. They tell lies immediately after birth (before they can even talk!).
Psalms 59:6-7 – “They [the heathen] make a noise like a dog .... Behold, they belch out with their mouths.” These are good reasons for God to kill them.
Psalms 59:13 - "Consume them in thy wrath, consume them..."; more sweet prayers to a savage god.
Psalms 62:12 - This verse says that God judges people according to their works, which contradicts the teachings of Paul.
Psalms 63:2 - The psalmist claims to have seen God. But elsewhere the Bible says that no one has seen God.
Psalms 69:22-28 - The psalmist prays that his enemies be tormented and blinded by God. He asks God to "make their loins continually to shake."
Psalms 73:3, 7, 12 - These verses speak of the "prosperity of the wicked." Yet Ps.34:21 say that the wicked shall be made desolate.
Psalms 75:3 - God holds the earth up with pillars.
Psalms 78:2-3 - Misquoted in Mt.13:35.
Psalms 79:5-6 - The psalmist asks God to pour out his wrath on somebody else for a change. Why not torment some "heathens that have not known thee?"
Psalms 79:6 - A prayer for God to kill those who don't know him.
Psalms 82:1, 3 - "He judgeth among the gods." So he's not alone up there. But this contradicts many monotheistic Bible verses.
Psalms 82:5 - Another reference to "the foundations of the earth" implying that the earth is fixed and does not move.
Psalms 82:6 - "I have said, Ye are gods." Jesus quotes this verse in John 10:34 to get out of a tough spot. (He was claiming to be God for which the Jews accused him of blasphemy.)
Psalms 86:2 - Rev.15:4 say that only God is holy. But the psalmist (David?) thinks that he is holy too.
Psalms 89:3-4, 34-37 - "I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations." But the Davidic line of Kings ended with Zedekiah; there were none during the Babylonian captivity, and there are none today.
Psalms 93:1 - According to the Bible, Galileo was wrong; the earth does not move.
Psalms 96:4, 97:7 - These verses clearly say that there are many gods. Elsewhere, of course, the Bible claims that there is only one god.
Psalms 96:10 - According to the bible, the earth does not move. It doesn't revolve on its axis or orbit the sun.
Psalms 97:2 - "Clouds and darkness are round about him." But how can this be if 1 Tim.6:15-16 is saying that he dwells in light?
Psalms 100:5 - This verse claims that God is merciful, yet the Bible is full of cruelties either committed or commanded by God.
Psalms 103:8 - "The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." Is this the same guy who demanded that peoples' heads be hung up before him to appease his fierce anger (Num.25:4), and who ordered the slaughter of thousands of innocent men, women, children (1 Sam.15:2-3)?
Psalms 104:5 - God set the earth on firm foundations "that it should not be moved for ever." So, according to the Bible, the earth is stationary and does not orbit the sun.
Psalms 106:11-19 - God is praised for the creative ways that he kills people: by drowning, earth-swallowing, and burning.
Psalms 106:39 - God is offended by those who make things with their hands or invent things with their minds. He likes to keep people ignorant and uneducated.
Psalms 109:6-14 - The psalmist asks God to do all sorts of unpleasant things to his enemies. "Set thou a wicked man over him; and let Satan stand at his right hand .... Let his prayer become sin." He asks God to take away his possessions, kill him, and have his children suffer for the sins of their fathers.
Psalms 112:1, 3 - According to this verse, wealth is a sign of righteousness. But this is contradicted in Luke 6:24 and James 5:1.
Psalms 121:3-4 - These verses say that God never sleeps, but Ps.44:23 say that he does.
Psalms 135:8, 136:10 - God is praised for slaughtering little babies.
Psalms 136:2 - This verse calls the God of the bible a "God of gods." So there must be more than one god. But in many other places the bible insists there is only one God.
Psalms 136:4 - This verse says that, only God, can perform great wonders. But 2 Th.2:9 says that Satan can too.
Psalms 137:9 - Happiness is smashing your little children against the rocks.
Psalms 139:8 - God is in hell.
Psalms 139:19-22 - The psalmist excels at hating. He hates people with a "perfect hatred."
Psalms 140:10 - A prayer that God will burn people to death.
Psalms 144:1 - The God of Peace teaches us to kill each other in war.
Psalms 145:9 - "The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works." Then why do nearly all animals die painful deaths from starvation, predation, or disease long before they reach adulthood?
