Psalm 109:18 · KJV

"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."

King James Version

Passage Context

¹⁶Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

¹⁷As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

¹⁸As 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.

¹⁹Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

²⁰Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

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