Verse of the day December 8

Jesus said “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," (Matthew 5 43-44). Was that a new command, a new idea that people hadn't heard before? I thought it was. But my verses today show us that the practice of that had been happening long before by David. Meditate today on the words from Psalm 35:11-14.

11 Malicious witnesses rise up;

they ask me of things that I do not know.

12 They repay me evil for good;

my soul is bereft.

13 But I, when they were sick—

I wore sackcloth;

I afflicted myself with fasting;

I prayed with head bowed on my chest.

14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;

as one who laments his mother,

I bowed down in mourning.