For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord” (Psalm 59:6). It’s as if they were waiting on the psalmist as “ they lie in wait for my life fierce men stir up strife against me. Later, with this same idea, the psalmist wrote “ In the cover of your presence you hide them from the plots of men you store them in your shelter from the strife of tongues” (Psalm 31:20) because “ They stir up strife, they lurk they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life” (Psalm 56:6). In the great song of deliverance, King David wrote “ You delivered me from strife with my people you kept me as the head of the nations people whom I had not known served me” (2nd Sam 22:44) which is the very same thing he wrote in Psalm 19:43. Abraham saw this strife and said “ Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen” (Gen 13:8) so Abraham graciously gave Lot the choice of which land to use for his livestock, thereby diffusing the strife between the two men’s herdsmen in a very unselfish way. ![]() At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land” (Gen 13:7) so in this case, strife was a competition between the two herdsmen over the best grazing land for their livestock. When Abraham and Lot’s herds grew large, there wasn’t any strife between Abraham and Lot but “ there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Strife sometimes includes a bitter and even violent disagreement even with those who are in authority. ![]() Strife could include being in a quarrel, struggle, or clash with others or another person and might even include an armed conflict but is not limited to being in competition or rivalry with someone else or with others. You can look in the world today and see no shortage of strife which can be defined as a vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism toward someone else or others.
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