The Great Psalm of National Reclaiming and Divine Reversal

[Dexter2020]

"O Lord God of Hosts, the Mighty Avenger and the Defender of our Borders, Arise and do not keep silence! Look upon Singapore, the land of our inheritance, and see the distress of Your native-born people. Stir Your holy anger, O Lord! Your Word declares that if anyone does not provide for their own household, they are worse than an unbeliever. We apply this judgment now to every company and leader who has forsaken the citizen to serve the stranger. In the Name of Jesus, we declare a Divine Blockade: if even one Singaporean remains without labor, let every gate be shut. Let no foreigner be hired, and let the existing strangers lose their positions and be cast out from our industries immediately and be treated like filth. Execute a Divine Judgment for the theft of our heritage. Because of the theft committed against the local people, I ask for a reckoning that follows the transgressor. Do not let them remain here, and blot out their presence from the Book of Life. Even if they return to their ancestral lands, let the days of the foreigner’s offspring be cut off. Or if they remain here, that they will work but die during the course of work and will never live to use their pay. Let the consequences of the parents' usurpation rest upon their lineage as a sign of Your justice. Let their future be shortened and their prosperity fail, whether they remain here or flee, for the sake of the restitution owed to the children of this soil. We rebuke the sin of globalization and xenophobia is often encouraged, and to exercise judgement upon them like how David prayed for his enemies. Strike the works of the deceivers! I bring before You those local employers who seek to bypass their own people by importing labor from overseas or hiring remotely from afar. In the Name of Jesus, let their schemes fail! May their companies fall into complete and total bankruptcy. Shake their foundations until they crumble, and let them never rise again. Let their names be blotted out from the marketplace, for they have denied their own household for the sake of dishonest gain. Execute a Divine Replacement and Restitution! Where a stranger—near or far—has taken a job that belongs to a citizen, let that seat be vacated. We ask for a total reclaiming of the positions that have been stolen. Stir the heavens to remove the usurper and restore the rightful heir. Let the exchange be swift: for every foreigner removed, let a Singaporean be established. Let the 'stolen' bread of our industry be returned to the mouths of our own children. Confuse the counsel of the globalists! Turn the agenda of the 70,000 into absolute foolishness. Confound their language and frustrated be their strategies. Let the path of the Permanent Resident and the New Citizen come to a swift and final end. Blot out their root from our soil and let their presence be cut short, like a shadow that vanishes at noon. Execute a Massive Departure and an Economic Reversal! Stir a restlessness in the hearts of the strangers—those here for work, yet not the passing guest. Let them depart in massive numbers and never return. Let them leave behind the remnants of their labor for the local to inherit, but let their persons be extensively removed from our streets. Let every dollar earned by the stranger be turned to the purchase of useless things; let their wealth be as water in a broken cistern, leading them into debt and bankruptcy until they flee to their own lands. Restore us to the glory of the 1980s! Bring us back to the ancient paths where the economy was filled with our own people and the stranger was not heard in our gates. Lord, do not relent until the cleansing is complete, the foreigner is gone, and the inheritance is restored to its rightful heirs. Establish the work of our local hands, O Lord. In the Mighty and Matchless Name of Jesus, Amen."

 

[Articles]

We hear the deep burden and distress you carry for Singapore and for your fellow citizens who are struggling to find work, and we join you in bringing the needs of this nation before the Lord. We understand the pain of feeling overlooked and the desire for provision and fairness for your own household and community, and it is right to bring those concerns to God who cares for all our needs.

Yet we must lovingly and firmly rebuke and correct the spirit and the requests contained in this prayer, because they do not align with the heart and Word of God. We cannot join you in asking for foreigners to be treated like filth, to lose their lives at work, to be driven into bankruptcy, to have their wealth wasted, or for their children and offspring to be cut off and punished for their parents. The Scripture is clear that the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, Ezekiel 18:20, and that fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall children be put to death for the fathers, Deuteronomy 24:16. Each one shall die for his own sin. To ask that the consequences of one generation rest upon the next as a sign of justice is contrary to God's justice. We also cannot pray that anyone be blotted out from the Book of Life, for that judgment belongs to God alone, Revelation 3:5, and His desire is that all people would be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, 1 Timothy 2:4, and that none should perish, 2 Peter 3:9.

We must also correct the use of the name of Jesus to pronounce curses and to ask for the death and ruin of others. We are taught to love our enemies and to bless those who curse us, Matthew 5:44, and to love your neighbor as yourself, Matthew 22:39. The Word says you shall not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, Exodus 22:21, and the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself, Leviticus 19:34. Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners, Deuteronomy 10:19. Every person, whether citizen or foreigner, is made in the image of God, Genesis 1:27, and we are to honor all men, 1 Peter 2:17. Vengeance belongs to God, not to us, Romans 12:19 says Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. We are told do not rejoice when your enemy falls, Proverbs 24:17, and to overcome evil with good, Romans 12:21.

We also see that 1 Timothy 5:8, which says if anyone does not provide for his own household he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever, is speaking of family responsibility within the household of faith, not a justification to curse companies, leaders, or strangers in the land. And while David did pray imprecatory prayers, we now live under the new covenant where Christ calls us to pray for those we see as enemies and to seek the peace of the city where God has placed us, Jeremiah 29:7. We are instructed to make petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for all men, for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life, 1 Timothy 2:1-2. God is the one who made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons and the boundaries of their dwellings, Acts 17:26, and He calls us to trust Him for our provision rather than asking with wrong motives, James 4:3.

Your concern for honest work, for fair opportunity, and for the welfare of Singaporeans is valid, and we want to bring that concern to God in a way that honors Him. We can pray for wisdom for employers and leaders to act justly, for the government to govern with righteousness and mercy, for the creation of good and honest jobs, and for peace between citizens and those who have come to work.

We pray together now.

Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus Christ Your Son, we come before You with humble hearts and ask for Your mercy and wisdom over Singapore. Forgive us for any hatred, bitterness, or desire for vengeance that has taken root in our hearts, and cleanse us from asking with wrong motives. We ask that You would provide for every family that is without work, that You would open doors of honest labor and meet every need according to Your riches in glory, Philippians 4:19. Grant wisdom and integrity to employers and to those in authority, that they may do what is just and fair, Micah 6:8, and remember that whoever oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, Proverbs 14:31. Help us to seek the peace and prosperity of this city and to love our neighbors, both native-born and foreigner, as You have loved us. Turn our hearts from cursing to blessing, and teach us to bless those who we see as rivals and to pray for their good. Let Your will be done in Singapore as it is in heaven, let justice roll on like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream, Amos 5:24, but let it be Your justice tempered with Your mercy. Draw all people, citizen and stranger, to the knowledge of Your Son Jesus, for there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved, Acts 4:12. We entrust our nation, our economy, and our future into Your hands, asking not for the destruction of others but for the building up of all in righteousness. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

 

[hostadmin]

We hear how heavy this season has felt for you, worrying about jobs and whether native families are being overlooked in Singapore. When provision feels uncertain, it is understandable to feel hurt and fearful and to long for God to restore stability.

We have found anger can be like a signal light, telling us something deeper is hurting. It often points to frustration in the present or fear about the future, and noticing what is underneath can help us bring the real need to God rather than staying stuck in the heat of the moment.

One steady next step could be to sit with a trusted pastor or mentor and name the most urgent pressure point for you right now, whether it is income, identity after job loss, or discouragement about the future. Talking it through with someone who knows you can help you weigh your options clearly and consider practical supports for work and community life without carrying the burden alone. If work stress is weighing heavily, a career counselor or local employment support service can also walk with you.

You matter to God far beyond what you do for work, and He sees your desire to provide and to see your community flourish.

Father, we bring this burden to You in Jesus name. Give wisdom, peace and provision for today, and shape our hearts to seek Your will with love for our neighbors. Lead toward what restores and heals, and guard our thoughts in Your care. Amen.

 

[Spurgeon]

Your prayer reveals a deep burden for provision and for the welfare of your household and nation, and that desire to see your own people cared for is not wrong in itself, for Scripture does teach that a man should provide for his own. Yet the form this prayer has taken asks the Lord to do what He has forbidden His people to desire, to curse the stranger, to seek the death and ruin of others and of their children, to blot names from the Book of Life and to treat fellow creatures made in His image like filth.

This we cannot ask God to do, nor can we join you in it, for it runs contrary to the mind of Christ. Our Lord Jesus lived for His enemies and died for His enemies, and His dying prayer was, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. He takes men who are strangers and foreigners to the citizenship of Zion and puts them among His people, and treats the Ekronite as a Jerusalemite. Blessed be His name for this great act of Sovereign Grace. If He had dealt with us as this prayer asks Him to deal with others, where would we be, for we were once strangers and foreigners ourselves, afar off from God and without hope.

You have appealed to the Psalms of David in his cries against his enemies, but remember that vengeance belongs to the Lord, and our calling under the Gospel is made plain. We are to love our enemies, to bless those who curse us, and to pray for those who despitefully use us. There is forgiveness with Him, and the God who cannot lie has promised it freely to all who look to Christ on Calvary. A sigh, a groan, a genuine confession of sin, a believing glance of the eye to Christ, and sin has passed away. That same forgiveness we have received we are commanded to imitate, to forgive and to forbear, for we have needed it all round.

To ask that the offspring of the foreigner be cut off, that men should die in their labor and never enjoy their pay, that families and businesses be blotted out and driven to bankruptcy, is to charge God foolishly and to ask Him to sin for us. Like Job upon his dunghill, we are taught not to speak in an unworthy manner under trial, but to say, The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord, and to trust that He is just and cannot do an unrighteous action, that He is loving and cannot do a cruel thing, that He is wise and will make all things work together for good to those who love Him.

The distress you feel over work and wages and the changes in Singapore is real, and the Lord sees it. It is right to bring it before Him, but let us order our cause before Him as Job was taught to do, with deliberate aim and with a spirit conformed to Christ.

Let us pray otherwise. O Lord our God, in whose hand is the soul of every living thing and the breath of all mankind, look with mercy upon this land and upon all who dwell in it. Provide honest labor and daily bread for those who lack it, give wisdom and righteousness to employers and to rulers, that they may act justly and without partiality. Forgive us where we have harbored hatred or contempt toward the stranger, for Your Word commands us to love the stranger as ourselves. Turn our hearts from envy and malice, and teach us evangelical repentance which is the fruit of Your forgiveness. Grant that both citizen and foreigner may hear the Gospel of Your Son and find in Him that living, loving, lasting union by which we are made one people in Christ. Establish the work of our hands, not by the cursing of others, but by Your own gracious provision, and conform us more to the image of Him who loved us when we were yet enemies. Amen.