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Psalms 109:17

109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

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Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

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

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

109:18 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. into his bowels: Heb. within him

What does Psalms 109:17 mean?

Psalms 109:17 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אָהַב (ʼâhab), קְלָלָה (qᵉlâlâh), בּוֹא (bôwʼ).

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As
he
lovedאָהַבʼâhab/aw-hab'/H157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
cursing,קְלָלָהqᵉlâlâh/kel-aw-law'/H7045vilification
so
let
it
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
unto
him:
as
he
delightedחָפֵץchâphêts/khaw-fates'/H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
not
in
blessing,בְּרָכָהBᵉrâkâh/ber-aw-kaw'/H1293benediction; by implication prosperity
so
let
it
be
farרָחַקrâchaq/raw-khak'/H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
from
him.

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MaliceSwearing, Profane

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 109:17.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Deuteronomy 11:26

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 30:1

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Genesis 27:12

My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

Joshua 8:34

And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

Nehemiah 13:2

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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What does Psalms 109:17 say?

Psalms 109:17 (King James Version) reads: "As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him."

Is Psalms 109:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 109:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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