Psalms 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou. When they arise, they shall be put to shame, but thy servant shall rejoice.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
In Context
27that they may know that this is thy hand, [that] thou, LORD, have done it.
Cross References
Numbers 22:12And God said to Balaam, Thou shall not go with them. Thou shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Numbers 23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought!
2 Samuel 16:12It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
Proverbs 26:2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight.
Isaiah 65:14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.
Hebrews 12:2Looking to Jesus the pathfinder and perfecter of the faith, who, against the joy set before him, endured a cross, having despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:22-31
Humble Petitions; Triumphing in God. 21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. 26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 That… Read the whole commentary →