Psalms 109:19

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
garment	כְּבֶ֣גֶד ke.Ve.ged	H899	a covering · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
covereth	יַעְטֶ֑ה ya'.Teh	H5844	to wrap · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
girdle	וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח u.le.Me.zach	H4206	a belt (as movable) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
girded	יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ yach.ge.Re.ha	H2296	to gird on (as a belt · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
continually	תָּמִ֥יד ta.Mid	H8548	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Psalms 132:18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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 t…
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:6-20

David here fastens upon some one particular person that was worse than the rest of his enemies, and the ringleader of them, and in a devout and pious manner, not from a principle of malice and revenge, but in a holy zeal for God and against sin and with an eye to the enemies of Christ, particularly Judas who betrayed him, whose sin was greater than Pilate's that condemned him (Joh 19:11), he imprecates and predicts his destruction, foresees and pronounces him completely miserable, and such a one as our Saviour calls him, A son of perdition. Calvin speaks of it as a detestable piece of sacrilege, common in his time among Franciscan friars and other monks, that if any one had malice against a…

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John Gill on Psalms 109:19

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,.... Let him be surrounded on all sides with the wrath of God; and let it be visible to all, as a man's garment on him is: see Isaiah 66:24. And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually; let him be in the utmost straits and distress, being encompassed about with the curse and wrath of God; and let that stick close unto him as a man's belt does; and let him not be able to get clear of it, or extricate himself out of it, as no man can on whom it is.

John Calvin on Psalms 109:17-20

Psalm 109:17-20 17. As he loved cursing, so let it come upon him: [311] as he did not take delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18. And let him be clothed with cursing as with a garment, and let it come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones. [312] 19. Let it be to him as a mantle to cover him, and a girdle to gird himself with continually. 20. Let this be the work from Jehovah of those who are hostile to me, and of those who speak evil against my soul. 17 As he loved cursing David still continues to enumerate the sins of his adversaries, and is thus severe in his treatment of them, in order to render it more apparent, that he is strictly conforming to the judgment…

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The Church Fathers

"This is the work of them that slander me before the Lord" [Psalm 109:19]. He said not, "their reward," but, "their work:" for it is clear that by the clothing, covering, water, oil, and girdle, he was describing the very works by which eternal curses are procured. It is not then one Judas, but many, of whom it is said, "This is the work of them that slander me before the Lord." Although indeed the plural number might have been put for the singular; even as, when Herod died, it was said by the Angel, "They are dead which sought the young Child's life." But who slander Christ more before the Lord, than they who slander the very words of the Lord, by declaring that it is not He whom the Law of the Lord and His Prophets announced beforehand? "And of those that speak evil against my soul:" by denying that He, when He had willed, could have arisen: though He saith, "I have power to lay down My life, and I have power to take it again."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 109

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Dictionary and topics

Girdle — (1.) Heb. hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1 Sam. 18:4; 2 Sam. 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isa. 3:24). (2.) Heb. ‘ezor, something “bound,” worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8;…

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Psalms 109:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:6-20

John Gill on Psalms 109:19

John Calvin on Psalms 109:17-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 109:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:6-20

John Gill on Psalms 109:19

John Calvin on Psalms 109:17-20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 109:16-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 109:18

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 109:18-19