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Psalms 109:29 — King James Version← Study notes

Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.


Psalms 109:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:296 words
HebrewMeaning
יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּyiləbəšw
may they be clothedverbH3847
arm · array · clothe · come upon ···
שׂוֹטְנַ֣/יśwōṭənay
accusers myverbH7853
resist
כְּלִמָּ֑הkəlimāh
ignominynounH3639
dishonour · reproach · shame
וְ/יַעֲט֖וּwəyaʿăṭw
and may they be wrappedconjH5844
be clad · cover (-ing · self) · fill ···
כַ/מְעִ֣ילkaməʿiyl
like robepronH4598
coat · mantle · robe
בָּשְׁתָּֽ/םbāšətām
shame theirnounH1322
confusion · greatly · shame
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 109:29

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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