On Psalm 109 and Faith

[Alex]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would regard petty as being "wow, my creation sucks and they all deserve to be obliterated". I wouldn't regard what has been described as petty at all.

I would describe "worship me for no other reason than that I had someone else say that you should or face eternal pain and punishment" or "here, have some free will but if you use it you'll be sorry" to be at least a little bit petty (and this part survives into the New Testament).

But I'm trying to not debate, still curious about the "in the presence of god" part above as I'm still sure it is just a difference in word usage that has me confused.