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Psalms 109:29
29Shame will come on my enemies. It will cover them like a coat.
Psalms 109:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- New International Version (NIV)May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
Context of Psalms 109:29
27Lord, cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has rescued me. 28They may curse me, but you will bless me. When they attack me, they will become ashamed. But I will be very happy, as your servant. Shame will come on my enemies. It will cover them like a coat. 30I will thank the Lord with a loud voice! I will praise him, in front of a big crowd of people. 31He stands beside poor people, and he is ready to help them. When cruel people accuse a weak person, the Lord saves that person's life. So I will praise the Lord.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:29 word by word
יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 109:29
- Psalms 109:17He loved to curse people. Now may those curses happen to him! He never asked God to bless other people, so nobody will ask God to bless him!
- Psalms 6:10All my enemies will become ashamed! They will go away from me in fear! Shame will suddenly come to them!
- Psalms 35:26Punish those people who are happy when I have troubles. Make them ashamed and confused! Bring down those proud people who laugh at me. Make them feel very ashamed.
- Psalms 132:18I will cause his enemies to be ashamed. But his own kingdom will be great!’
- Psalms 140:9Give trouble to the people who come round me to attack! Let the bad things that they say against me happen to them instead!
- Jeremiah 20:11But the Lord is with me, like a brave soldier who will fight for me. So people who want to hurt me will fail. They will not get power over me. They will be very ashamed because they have failed. Nobody will ever forget their shame.
- Daniel 12:2Many dead people who lie under the ground will become alive again. Some of them will receive life that continues for ever with God. But other people will receive shame that continues for ever.
- Micah 7:10‘Why does the Lord your God not help you?’ my enemies say to me. They will see what God does for me. Then they will be very ashamed. And I will see the bad things that happen to them. Soon other people will crush them and beat them. Then they will be like wet ground in the streets under people's feet.
Commentaries on Psalms 109:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Let them cover themselves - He here retorts their own curse, Psalm 109:18.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame - Let confusion and disappointment seem to cover them, so as to constitute a garment. See the notes at Psalm 109:18-19. They had “clothed themselves with cursing” Psalm 109:18, and the prayer now is, that the covering of shame might be as complete and entire. And let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle - As with an outer garment - the mantle or robe - which they might wrap all round…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-31Verses 21-31 The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29The psalmist was accused of being clothed with disgrace (Psalm 109:18). Now, he asks that his accusers wear their shame like a piece of clothing.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3128-31. In confidence that God's blessing would come on him, and confusion and shame on his enemies (Psa 73:13), he ceases to regard their curses, and anticipates a season of joyful and public thanksgiving; for God is near to protect (Psa 16:8; 34:6) the poor from all unrighteous judges who may condemn him.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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