19O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
20For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies. -Psalm 139
Yeppers. King David was one of history’s greatest war leaders. He was one who killed “tens of thousands” and yet he was a man after God’s own heart.
To understand how David could return from the battlefields after slaughtering his enemies and then write the most peaceful and serene psalms of priase and worship is a true paradox.