Psalms 109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms 109:19 in other translations
| BSB | May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. |
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| WEB | Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. |
| ASV | Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually. |
| YLT | It is to him as apparel--he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on. |
| DARBY | Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded. |
| BBE | Let it be to him as a robe which he puts on, let it be like a band which is round him at all times. |
| Webster | Let it be to him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually. |
What does Psalms 109:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 109:17-19
17-19. Let his loved sin, cursing, come upon him in punishment (Psa 35:8), thoroughly fill him as water and oil, permeating to every part of his system (compare Nu 5:22-27), and become a garment and a girdle for a perpetual dress.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:6-20
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that…
Psalms 109:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 109:19
- Psalms 109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
- Psalms 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 132:18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
- Psalms 109:18
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.
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Context
- Psalms 109:18
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.
- Psalms 109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
- Psalms 109:20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Psalms 109:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Séale como vestido con que se cubra, y en lugar de cinto con que se ciña siempre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’elle lui soit comme un vêtement dont il se couvre, et comme une ceinture qui le ceigne continuellement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er sei ihm wie ein Gewand, in das er sich hüllt, und zu einem Gürtel, womit er stets sich gürtet! |