Psalms 109:19

Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

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WEBBE

Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

BSB

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

KJV

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

ASV

Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

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.

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תְּהִי־ te·hi- may it be H1961 לוֹ lo for him H9033 כְּבֶגֶד ke·ve·ged like a garment H899 יַעְטֶה ya'·teh [which] he wraps himself H5844 וּלְמֵזַח u·le·me·zach and to a waistband H4206 תָּמִיד ta·mid [which] continually H8548 יַחְגְּרֶהָ yach·ge·re·ha he girds on it H2296

The early church

"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 · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.