Psalm 109:18 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:18

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with a garment - Moral qualities are often compared with raiment - as that in which we “appear” to our fellow-men. See 1 Peter 5:5; Job 29:14.So let it come into his bowels like water - Margin, “within him.” Hebrew, “In his midst.” Let it penetrate him through and through. Let no part of him be unaffected by it.And like oil into his bones - As if oil flowed through all his bones, so let the effects of cursing pervade his whole frame. The prayer is,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 109:17-20

Psalms 109:17-20. As he loved cursing To curse others, as appears from the blessing here opposed to it, and from the next verse; to wish and to procure mischief to others; so let it come unto him Hebrew, תבואהו , teboeehu, it shall come unto him; the mischief in which he delighted, and which he both wished and designed to others, shall fall upon himself. As he delighted not in blessing In desiring and promoting the welfare of others; so let it be, &c. Hebrew, תרחק , tirchak, it... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:1-31

Psalms 109:0 Those who afflict othersDavid complains to God about the unjust attacks of his opponents and the false accusations they bring against him (1-3). He has no desire for personal revenge; rather he has shown love for his enemies and has prayed for them (4-5).Nevertheless, in the prayer that follows, David uses strong language as he pleads for justice to be done. With the cruelty of his enemies increasing, he hands the case over to God, the righteous judge, who will repay the wicked for... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 109:18

"He clothed himself also with cursing as with a garment,And it came into his inward parts like water,And like oil into his bonesLet it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covered himself,And the girdle wherewith he is girdled continually.This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,And of them that speak evil against my soul."This is the conclusion of the terrible list of imprecations. The psalm now returns to the prayer of the psalmist for himself."These terrible maledictions need... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 109:18

Psalms 109:18. Like oil into his bones— These expressions admirably mark out an adhering rooted curse, which penetrated the body, as the water which one drinks, and as the oil with which one is rubbed: They have swallowed cursing like water; they are penetrated by it, as by the oil wherewith they have been anointed. Calmet. Houbigant thinks that the waters of jealousy are here meant. See Numbers 5:18. And Green renders it, with much seeming propriety, like marrow into his bones. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:1-31

Psalms 109This individual lament is one of the imprecatory psalms in which the writer called on God to avenge his enemies (cf. Psalms 3:7; Psalms 5:10; Psalms 6:10; Psalms 7:14-16; Psalms 28:4-5; Psalms 31:17-18; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 37:9-10; Psalms 37:15; Psalms 37:20; Psalms 37:35-36; Psalms 40:14-15; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 55:9; Psalms 55:15; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 59:12-13; Psalms 63:9-11; Psalms 64:7-9; Psalms 71:13; Psalms 79:6; Psalms 79:12; Psalms 139:19-22; Psalms 140:9-10). [Note: See Day,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-20

2. Imprecations on foes 109:6-20 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:16-20

Here David gave reasons for his preceding requests. His enemy had practiced all the things David had asked God to do to him. He mercilessly persecuted the needy and the afflicted. He loved to curse other people rather than blessing them. Therefore the psalmist asked God to clothe him with cursing as with a garment and to make it as a belt that surrounded him always. Another interpretation is that the wicked man’s love for cursing was so much a part of him that David described it as if he wore... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:1-31

The strongest of the imprecatory Pss. (see Intro.). Probably it is just to regard the Psalmist as speaking in the name of the whole nation, vexed and harried by foreign enemies, e.g. Antiochus Epiphanes. The theory that the Psalmist recounts the curses used against him by his enemies is untenable. Calvin notes the awful use of this Ps. by certain monks, who hired themselves out to recite it against private enemies.6. Satan] RV ’an adversary.’ The word has both meanings in Hebrew. Satan was the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 109:17-18

(17, 18) Let.—The optatives in the English are wrong. These verses express facts, and the imprecation follows in Psalms 109:19. Render—He loved cursing; and it comes;He delighted not in blessing; and it departs;Yea, he clothed himself in cursing as with his cloak,And it came like water into his bowels,And like oil into his bones;May it be, &c.Comp. the proverb, “Curses, like chickens, always come home to roost.”The fabled shirt of Nessus, which ate into the mighty form of Hercules, has... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 109:17-20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 109:1-31

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 109:18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 109:18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:1-31

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:16-20

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 109:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 109:17-18

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