“In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.” Psalms 109:4 ESV
How we react and where we turn in the face of misunderstandings and false judgments about our motives or character can deescalate tense situations and avert much needless sorrow.
Here we see that our default must be to turn our hearts and eyes upward to God in prayer, while resisting the temptation to turn inward in self-recrimination or outward in retaliation.
Injustice is a fact of life and so many who have gone before us, from Joseph to our Lord Jesus, should inspire us to entrust our lives to God and His vindication