SPSA Church Giving (opens in a new tab)

Questions & Answers

Enemies

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Spiritual Life › Enemies

The question

"For there is no faithfulness in their mouth, their inward part is destruction, their throat an open tomb. They flatter with their tongues. Pronounce them guilty, O God. Let them fall by their own counsels. Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You" (Psalm 5:9-10). Who exactly does David speak of?

The answer

In all David's Psalms, his enemies were God's enemies. Everyday, when we pray the Psalms, we remember our major enemy, Satan and his angels. We then direct our prayers asking God to save us from their trickeries and temptations.

Answered by His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef (opens in a new tab)

Questions answered by His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef (opens in a new tab) of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States. Question 150 on the Diocese’s Q&A site. Questions and answers © Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States. All rights reserved.