David in Gethsemane

David's three-fold imprecatory prayer parallels that of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. What role, if any, ought imprecatory prayers play in the lives of New Covenant believers? Has the church ignored this important weapon in our prayer arsenal? How might we rightly pray imprecatory prayers in light of the COVID 19 pandemic?

The purpose of imprecatory prayers is that God and His righteous cause would be exalted.