Don't Feed the
Trolls
Psalm 64
They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see them?” —Psalm 64:5
Trolls, according to Nordic mythology,
were wicked, slow-witted dwarves that hid under bridges, harassing travelers, impeding
their progress, and exacting a heavy toll from those that passed by. David, in
this psalm, is thinking of something similar—assailants that hide in the
shadows, “who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without
fear,” thinking, "who can see (us)." (63:3-6).
But God sees and in time they will be "brought
to ruin,” dispatched by their own weapons, “their tongues turned against them” (64:7,8).
“What we sow we reap," Paul said with quiet confidence (Galatians 6:5).
Evil has within itself the seeds of its own destruction.
So let 'em be. Don't engage with them. To
interact with them merely serves their purposes and emboldens them. Ignore them.[1] "Every plant that my
heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up,” Jesus said. “Let them
alone." (Matthew 15:13,14 and Hosea 4:17).
David Roper
2,27.17
[1] Parents,
teachers, coaches, school administrators and others charged with caring for
young people, however, should never ignore bullies.
