Psalms 109:28
They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
27And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.
Cross References
Numbers 22:12And God said to Balaam : Thou shalt not go with them, nor shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed.
Numbers 23:23There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.
2 Samuel 16:12Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.
Proverbs 26:2As a bird flying to other places, and a sparrow going here or there: so a curse uttered without cause shall come upon a man.
Isaiah 65:14Behold my servants shall rejoice, and you shall be confounded: behold my servants shall praise for joyfulness of heart, and you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for grief of spirit.
Hebrews 12:2Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on 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 →