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Psalms 109:18 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 109:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:188 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּלְבַּ֥שׁwayiləbaš
and he put onconjH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
קְלָלָ֗הqəlālāh
a cursenounH7045
-ing)
כְּ/מַ֫דּ֥/וֹkəmadwō
like garment hispronH4055
clothes · garment · judgment · measure ···
וַ/תָּבֹ֣אwatābōʾ
and it wentconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
כַ/מַּ֣יִםkamayim
like waterpronH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
בְּ/קִרְבּ֑/וֹbəqirəbwō
in inward parts hispronH7130
among · before · unto charge · eat ···
וְ֝/כַ/שֶּׁ֗מֶןwəkašemen
and like oilconjH8081
fat · fruitful · oil · ointment ···
בְּ/עַצְמוֹתָֽי/וbəʿaṣəmwōtāyw
in bones hispronH6106
bone · life · same · strength ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 109:18

1. Every one who faithfully reads the Acts of the Apostles, acknowledges that this Psalm contains a prophecy of Christ; for it evidently appears that what is here written, “let his days be few, and let another take his office,” is prophesied of Judas, the betrayer of Christ....For as some things are said which seem peculiarly to apply to the Apostle Peter, and yet are not clear in their meaning, unless when referred to the Church, whom he is acknowledged to have figuratively…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 109 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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