Psalms 109:18
And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
Cross References
Numbers 5:22Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the woman shall answer, Amen, amen.
Job 20:12For when evil shall be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue.
Job 29:14I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.
Psalms 109:19May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
Matthew 27:3Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and ancients,
Acts 1:25To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:7-21
Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to… Read the whole commentary →