Psalms 109:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowelse like water, and like oil into his bones. ”

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

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...
Psalms 109:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CIX. A Psalm of Cursing. This Ps. is further than anything else in the whole Psalter from the spirit of Christianity. It falls into three parts: Psalms 109:1-5 . The Psalmist's distress in persecu...
Psalms 109:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Not a few interpreters translate the next two verses in the past form, he clothed himself with cursing, etc., which would be tantamount to saying that the enemy was as fond of cursing as of...
Psalms 109:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Let it come into his bowels like water - Houbigant thinks this is...
Psalms 109:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 109:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -God's visitation on the wicked man's property ( Psalms 109:11-12 ); on his name and memorial ( Psalms 109:1...
Psalms 109:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 Epipha...
Psalms 109:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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; a...
Psalms 109:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:1-31 THIS is the last and the most terrible of the imprecatory psalms. Its central portion ( Psalms 109:6-20 ) consists of a series of wishes, addressed to God, for the heaping of all m...
Psalms 109:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Deliverer of the Needy Psalms 109:17-31 This psalm emphasizes the difference, indicated by our Lord, between His teaching and that addressed to “them of old time,” especially on the point o...
Psalms 109:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a psalm full of interest. The singer is in a place of terrible suffering due to the implacable hostility of his foes. The passage containing the imprecations (vv. Psa 109:6-19) contains the s...
Psalms 109:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The continuation of the awful consequences of the rejection of Christ, by Judas and his family, is here set forth; and the passage closeth with an assurance that it shall be so. And here I must again...
Psalms 109:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment ,.... He was full of it; his mouth was full of cursing and bitterness; it was visible in him, easy to be discerned; he took pride as well...
Psalms 109:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 18. As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his ga...
Psalms 109:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
Psalms 109:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be j...
Psalms 109:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A garment; which a man wears constantly, and that as Like water; which when a man drinks, goes bowels, and searcheth all the inwards of his belly. Like oil; which is more piercing than water, a...
Psalms 109:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This,” says Perowne, “is the last of the Psalms of imprecation, and completes the terrible climax. In the awfulness of its anathemas, the Psalm surpasses everything of the kind in the...
Psalms 109:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:6 . Set thou a wicked man over him. This cannot apply to Ahithophel; he was already his own executioner. Let Satan, that is, an adversary, stand at his right hand, to accuse him, as D...
Psalms 109:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hold not Thy peace, O God of my praise. A song of imprecation I. The misdeeds of the wicked ( Psalms 109:1-5 ). II. The imprecation of wrath (verses 6-20). III. The cry for mercy ( Psalms...
Psalms 109:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE title of this psalm—"To the chief musician, a psalm of David"—is thought to be not inappropriate. We may have here David's own appeal to God against his persecutors, and especia...
Psalms 109:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lament of the Righteous Against Traitors and Enemies. To the chief musician, for use in the liturgical part of worship, a psalm of David, in which he indeed may have reference to conditions of his...
Psalms 109:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; Acts 1:18 ; Acts 1:25 ; Colossians 3:12 ; Colossians 3:8 ; Job 20:12-16 ; Job 20:20-23 ; Job 29:14 ; Matthew 26:24 ; Matthew 27:3-5 ; Numbers 5:22 ; Numbers 5:27 ; Psalms 7...
Psalms 109:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Garment — Which a man wears constantly. Like water — Water in the cavity of the belly, between the bowels, is almost certain death. And oil soaking into any of the bones, will soon utterly destroy...

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

Psalms 109:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 109:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 109:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 109:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 109:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 109:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 109:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 109:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 109:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes