Psalms 109:18
He cursed other people as often/easily as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will happen to him and enter his body like water that he drinks [SIM], like olive oil soaks into a person’s bones when it is rubbed on his skin [SIM].
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Job 20:12“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it.
Job 29:14I always acted justly; my continually doing that was like [MET] a robe that I wore and a turban that was wrapped around my head.
Psalms 109:19Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
Matthew 27:3When Judas, the one who had ◄betrayed/enabled Jesus’ enemies to seize► him, realized that they had decided to have Jesus executed, he was very sorry about what he had done. He took the 30 coins back to the chief priests and elders.
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 →