Imprecation and Christian Sonship

Imprecation is an important feature of the Psalms, indicating that it was a key aspect of Israel's life and worship as Yahweh's covenant "son." But this raises the question of the Christian's relationship with imprecation. Should Christians pray prayers of imprecation as the psalmists did? If so, how should Christians understand and approach imprecation, especially in the light of Jesus' instruction in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:43-48)? This sermon considers imprecation as an aspect of sonship, and how it has been transformed in Jesus the Messiah.