Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
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Mine adversaries shall be clothed with confusion, and shall put on their own shame as a robe.
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Passages linked to Psalms 109:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 35:26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 132:18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”
- Job 8:22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Jeremiah 20:11 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they won’t prevail. They will be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which will never be forgotten.
- Psalms 6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
- Psalms 109:17-19 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him. He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.
- Psalms 140:9 As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- Daniel 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Micah 7:10 Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame,…
Psa 109:29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
Ver. 29. As with a mantle] Sicut diploide, saith the Vulgate, as with a doublet, q.d. Let them be doubley ashamed; for which purpose also he here doubleth his prayer.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For the disappointment of their wicked hopes and designs,…
For the disappointment of their wicked hopes and designs, and for that unexpected destruction which they have brought upon themselves.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth,....…
I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth,.... Vocally, and in the highest strains.
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude: of converted persons, both Jews and Gentiles, and by them: or, "among the mighty" (l); or great ones; the great congregation, as in Psa 22:25 among the innumerable and mighty angels in heaven; or, as the Targum,
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"among the wise men;''
his own disciples, made wise unto salvation, and to win souls; being filled with the gifts of wisdom and knowledge; among and with whom Christ sung an hymn of praise after the celebration of the supper, Mat 26:30.
(l) "in magno coetu", Tigurine version.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 29. Let them cover themselves] He here retorts…
Verse 29. Let them cover themselves] He here retorts their own curse, Ps 109:18.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame - Let…
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame - Let confusion and disappointment seem to cover them, so as to constitute a garment. See the notes at Psa 109:18-19. They had “clothed themselves with cursing” Psa 109:18, and the prayer now is, that the covering of shame might be as complete and entire.
And let them cover themselves with their own confusion as with a mantle - As with an outer garment - the mantle or robe - which they might wrap all round them. Let it be so abundant that they may entirely wrap their person in it. Let their confusion correspond with their sin in the fullest manner.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 29. Clothed… cover… mantle—These several words are for intensity,…
29. Clothed… cover… mantle—These several words are for intensity, denoting complete covering from head to foot. The “mantle” (מעיל, me’eel,) is to be taken as the outer tunic of the orientals, reaching from the neck to the ankles, and was the most complete covering for the whole body of any one article of dress. The dress itself is shame and confusion.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. Mine adversaries shall be clothed with dishonour,
29. Mine adversaries shall be clothed with dishonour,
And shall wrap themselves in their own shame as in a mantle.
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Cp. Psa_109:18-19; Psa_71:13; Psa_35:26.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (29) Mantle.—Heb., meîl, which was also a garment worn…
(29) Mantle.—Heb., meîl, which was also a garment worn over the tunic.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; rather, my…
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; rather, my adversaries shall be clothed with shame. "The prayer is now, in conclusion, changed into a confident expectation" (Dean Johnson). And let them (rather, and shall) cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle (comp. ver. 18). Instead of the "cursing" with which the wicked delighted to clothe themselves, they shall be forced to wear a covering of shame and confusion of face.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 29. Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame.…
Ver. 29. Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame. It is a prophecy as well as a wish, and may be read both in the indicative and the imperative. Where sin is the underclothing, shame will soon be the outer vesture. He who would clothe good men with contempt shall himself be clothed with dishonour.
And let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. Let their confusion be broad enough to wrap them all over from head to foot, let them bind it about them and hide themselves in it, as being utterly afraid to be seen. Now they walk abroad unblushingly and reveal their own wickedness, acting as if they either had nothing to conceal or did not care whether it was seen or no; but they will be of another mind when the great Judge deals with them, then will they entreat mountains to hide them and hills to fall upon them, that they may not be seen: but all in vain, they must be dragged to the bar with no other covering but their own confusion.
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Ver. 29.
1. A prayer for the repentance of David's adversaries.
2. A prophecy for their confusion if they remain impenitent. G.R.
Ver. 29. The sinner's last mantle.
Psalms 109:30*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 109:29 The psalmist had been accused of being clothed…
109:29 The psalmist had been accused of being clothed with curses (109:18); now he asks that his accusers be clothed with disgrace and humiliation.
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