A moment in scripture
Psalms 109:17
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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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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 109:15
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 109:19
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.