786 The Psalms of David have several passages of imprecations against the wicked. Cf. Psalms
109:17-18; 78.21-22 ("Therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel ; because they believed not in God, and trusted not in His salvation"); Psalms
69:22- 28, and Psalms
5:10. 787 Cf. Matt.
23:33 ('Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Hell?); also Matt.
12:34 .