At the same time, as he did in the " Spells, " he mixes images with imprecatory, hallucinatory words.
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They are usually in form of imprecatory verses ( the latter curse the person who does not honour the grants made in the inscriptions ).
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According to Fordyce, Davidson was an attorney and also penned the poem " Despair in Love, an imprecatory Prayer ", which was also printed by Mrs Angus.
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Finally, the inscription exhorts the future kings to uphold the grant, followed by imprecatory verses ( to curse those who dishonour the grant ) and benedictory verses ( to bless those who honour the grant ).
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In response to Drake's comments about Obama, the Southern Baptist Convention's Sing Oldham stated : " Mr . Drake does not represent Southern Baptist actions, resolutions, or positions in his interpretation and application of imprecatory prayers.
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In 1982, when U . S . Secretary of State Alexander Haig refused to grant a travel visa for Paisley to speak at the University's annual Bible Conference, Jones used strong language from the imprecatory Psalms to denounce Haig, urging God to " destroy him utterly . " The flap was widely reported in the media, and Jones was " swamped with vituperative mail " until Haig made a serious blunder less than three months later and was forced to leave office, effectively ending his political career.
