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Psalms 109:19 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 109:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:197 words
HebrewMeaning
תְּהִיtəhiy
may it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ל֭/וֹlwō
pron
כְּ/בֶ֣גֶדkəbeged
like a garmentpronH899
cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···
יַעְטֶ֑הyaʿəṭeh
which he wraps himselfverbH5844
be clad · cover (-ing · self) · fill ···
וּ֝/לְ/מֵ֗זַחwləmēzaḥ
and to a waistbandconjH4206
strength
תָּמִ֥ידtāmiyd
which continuallynounH8548
continual (employment · -ly) · daily · ever ···
יַחְגְּרֶֽ/הָyaḥəgərehā
he girds on itverbH2296
be afraid · appointed · gird · restrain ···
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 109:19

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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