Psalms 109:18

As he clothed himselfe with cursing like a rayment, so shall it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

In Context

17As he loued cursing, so shall it come vnto him, and as he loued not blessing, so shall it be farre from him.

19Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

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Cross References

Numbers 5:22And that this cursed water may goe into thy bowels, to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. Then the woman shall answere, Amen, Amen.

Job 20:12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,

Job 29:14I put on iustice, and it couered me: my iudgement was as a robe, and a crowne.

Psalms 109:19Let it be vnto him as a garment to couer him, and for a girdle, wherewith he shalbe alway girded.

Matthew 27:3Then when Iudas which betraied him, sawe that hee was condemned, hee repented himselfe, and brought againe the thirtie pieces of siluer to the chiefe Priestes, and Elders,

Acts 1:25That he may take the roume of this ministration and Apostleship, from which Iudas hath gone astray, to goe to his owne 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 →

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