American Standard Version
Psalms 109:18
18He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,And it came into his inward parts like water,And like oil into his bones.
Psalms 109:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
- New International Version (NIV)He wore cursing as his garment; it entered into his body like water, into his bones like oil.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!
- New King James Version (NKJV)As he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, So let it enter his body like water, And like oil into his bones.
Context of Psalms 109:18
16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them. 17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones. 19Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:18 word by word
וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 109:18
- Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- Colossians 3:8but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth:
- 1 Peter 5:5Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
- Numbers 5:22and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.
- Job 20:12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,
- Matthew 26:24The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.
- Matthew 27:3Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
- Acts 1:18(Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Commentaries on Psalms 109:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Let it come into his bowels like water - Houbigant thinks this is an allusion to the waters of jealousy; and he is probably right, - the bitter waters that produce the curse. See Numbers 5:18.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18As he clothed himself with cursing like as with a garment - Moral qualities are often compared with raiment - as that in which we “appear” to our fellow-men. See 1 Peter 5:5; Job 29:14. So let it come into his bowels like water - Margin, “within him.” Hebrew, “In his midst.” Let it penetrate him through and through. Let no part of him be unaffected by it. And like oil into his bones - As if oil flowed through all his bones, so let the effects of cursing…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-20Verses 6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Cursing is the accused person’s whole way of life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-1917-19. Let his loved sin, cursing, come upon him in punishment (Psa 35:8), thoroughly fill him as water and oil, permeating to every part of his system (compare Nu 5:22-27), and become a garment and a girdle for a perpetual dress.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 109
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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