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Psalm 109:20 KJV
Psalms · chapter 109 · verse 20
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.Psalm 109:20 · King James Version
Psalm 109:20 in context
18As 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.
19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- adversariessâṭanto attack, accuseH7853 →
- rewardpᵉʻullâhworkH6468 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
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David here fastens upon some one particular person that was worse than the rest of his enemies, and the ringleader of them, and in a devout and pious manner, not from a principle of malice and revenge, but in a holy zeal for God and against sin and with an eye to the enemies of Christ, particularly Judas who betrayed…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-20