Psalm 109:17

Psalm 109:17

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

1. “As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him…”

a. This is speaking of the mouth of the wicked.

1). Psalm 109:2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

2). The passage continues down through the chapter and gives a number of characteristics including the habit of cursing described in Psalm 109:17-19.

b. loved [157 * ‘ahab][Gesenius: to desire, to breathe after, human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom.]

c. cursing [7045 * qelalah][Gesenius: curse, vilification, execration.][Webster: to use abusive language of or about, defame.]

d. come [935 * bow’][Gesenius: to go in, enter, come, go, come in, to enter, come in, to come, to come with

to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy), to come to pass, to attain to, to be enumerated, to go

to lead in, to carry in, to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon, to bring to pass, to be brought, brought in, to be introduced, be put.]

1). Amplified Bible: Psalm 109:17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

2. “…as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.”

c. blessing [1293 * berakah][Gesenius: blessing, (source of) blessing, blessing, prosperity, blessing, praise of God, a gift, present, treaty of peace.]

d. Psalm 139:20