Psalms 109:16–17
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Because that he remembred not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore and needy man: that he might euen 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.
As he loued cursing, so let it come vnto him: as hee delighted not in blessing, so let it be farre from him.
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From verse 16
- Psalms 34:18Rank 1 from verse 16
- James 2:13Rank 2 from verse 16
- Matthew 18:33–35Rank 3 from verse 16
33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
33Shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy fellow-seruant, euen as I had pitie on thee?
34And his lord was wroth, and deliuered him to the tormentors, till hee should pay all that was due vnto him.
35So likewise shall my heauenly Father doe also vnto you, if yee from your hearts forgiue not euery one his brother their trespasses.
- Psalms 37:14Rank 4 from verse 16
- 2 Samuel 16:11–12Rank 5 from verse 16
11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.
12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
11And Dauid said to Abishai, and to all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne which came foorth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Beniamite doe it? let him alone, and let him curse: for the LORD hath bidden him.
12It may bee that the LORD will looke on mine ‖affliction, and that the LORD will requite good for his cursing this day.
- 2 Samuel 17:1–2Rank 6 from verse 16
1MOREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
2And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
1¶ Moreouer Ahithophel said vnto Absalom, Let mee nowe chuse out twelue thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after Dauid this night.
2And I wil come vpon him while hee is wearie and weake handed, and wil make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee, and I will smite the king onely.
- Genesis 42:21Rank 7 from verse 16
21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
21¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guiltie concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soule, when he besought vs, and we would not heare: therefore is this distresse come vpon vs.
- Job 19:2–3Rank 8 from verse 16
2How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
2How long will yee vexe my soule, and breake me in pieces with words?
3These tenne times haue ye reproched me: you are not ashamed that you ‖make your selues strange to me.
- Job 19:21–22Rank 9 from verse 16
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
21Haue pity vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why doe ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Mark 14:34–36Rank 10 from verse 16
34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
35And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
36And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
34And saith vnto them, My soule is exceeding sorowful vnto death: tarie ye here, and watch.
35And he went forward a litle, and fell on the ground, and prayed, that if it were possible, the houre might passe from him.
36And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible vnto thee, take away this cup from me: Neuerthelesse, not that I will, but what thou wilt.
- Matthew 27:35–46Rank 11 from verse 16
35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
36And sitting down they watched him there;
37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
38Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,
42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, *They parted my garments among them, and vpon my vesture did they cast lots.
36And sitting downe, they watched him there:
37And set vp ouer his head, his accusation written, THIS IS IESVS THE KING OF THE IEWES.
38Then were there two theeues crucified with him: one on the right hand, and another on the left.
39¶ And they that passed by, reuiled him, wagging their heads,
40And saying, Thou that destroyest the Temple, & buildest it in three dayes, saue thy selfe: If thou be the Sonne of God, come downe from the Crosse.
41Likewise also the chiefe Priests mocking him, with the Scribes and Elders, said,
42He saued others, himselfe he cannot saue: If he be the King of Israel, let him now come downe from the Crosse, and we will beleeue him.
43*He trusted in God, let him deliuer him now if hee will haue him: for he said, I am the Sonne of God.
44The thieues also which were crucified with him, cast y e same in his teeth.
45Now from the sixth houre there was darkenesse ouer all the land vnto the ninth houre.
46And about the ninth houre, Iesus cried with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, Lamasabachthani, that is to say, *My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee?
- Matthew 5:7Rank 12 from verse 16
- Psalms 10:14Rank 13 from verse 16
14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
14†Thou hast seene it, for thou beholdest mischiefe and spite to requite it with thy hand: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee, thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
- Psalms 10:2Rank 14 from verse 16
- Psalms 37:32Rank 15 from verse 16
- Psalms 69:20–29Rank 16 from verse 16
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
20Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some †to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
21They gaue mee also gall for my meat, *and in my thirst they gaue mee vineger to drinke.
22*Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should haue bene for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23Let their eyes be darkened that they see not; and make their loines continually to shake.
24Powre out thine indignation vpon them, and let thy wrathfull anger take hold of them.
25Let their †habitation be desolate, and †let none dwell in their tents.
26For they persecute him whō thou hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe of †those whom thou hast wounded.
27Adde ‖iniquitie vnto their iniquitie: and let them not come into thy righteousnesse.
28Let them bee blotted out of the booke of the liuing, and not be written with the righteous.
29But I am poore, and sorowfull: let thy saluation (O God) set me vp on high.
From verse 17
- Matthew 7:2Rank 1 from verse 17
- Proverbs 14:14Rank 2 from verse 17
- Ezekiel 35:6Rank 3 from verse 17
6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.
6Therefore, as I liue, saith the LORD God, I will prepare thee vnto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, euen blood shall pursue thee.
- Psalms 52:4–5Rank 4 from verse 17
4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
4‖Thou louest all deuouring words, O thou deceitfull tongue.
5†God shall likewise destroy thee for euer, hee shall take thee away and plucke thee out of thy dwelling place, and roote thee out of the land of the liuing. Selah.
- Psalms 59:12–13Rank 5 from verse 17
12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
12 For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them euen be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speake.
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Iacob, vnto the ends of the earth. Selah.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11Rank 6 from verse 17
10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
10And with all deceiueablenesse of vnrighteousnesse, in them that perish: because they receiued not the loue of the trueth, that they might be saued.
11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should beleeue a lye:
- Revelation 16:6Rank 7 from verse 17
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Psalms 109:16
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remembered
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of remember. Sense 1: To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. Sense 2: To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. Sense 3: To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.
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Sense 1: To cause to see; to display, present, point out, or make visible. Sense 2: To reveal, disclose, declare, explain, teach, direct, or make known. Sense 3: To demonstrate, prove, manifest, or make evident. Sense 4: To exercise or perform kindness, mercy, favour, piety, or another stated disposition toward someone. Sense 5: An outward appearance, display, or presentation to view.
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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.
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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
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persecuted
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of persecute, meaning to pursue, harass, or oppress.
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1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.
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Poor or lacking what is needed; in need of help or provision.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.
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To kill or put to death.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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Psalms 109:17
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of love, meaning to regard with affection or devotion.
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1. The uttering of curses or reviling words. 2. A pronounced curse or doom; the condition subject to it.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Took great pleasure in, was pleased with, or rejoiced in the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: The act or words of pronouncing good; divine favor. Sense 2: A benefit bestowed by God.
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109:1HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
109:1¶ Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise.
109:2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
109:2††For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of the deceitfull are opened against mee: they haue spoken against me with a lying tongue.
109:3They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
109:3They compassed mee about also with wordes of hatred: and fought against me without a cause.
109:4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
109:4For my loue, they are my aduersaries: but I giue my selfe vnto prayer.
109:5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
109:5And they haue rewarded me euill for good: and hatred for my loue.
109:6Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
109:6‖Set thou a wicked man ouer him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
109:7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
109:7†When he shall be iudged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sinne.
109:8Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
109:8*‖Let his dayes be few: and let another take his office.
109:9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
109:9Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.
109:10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
109:10Let his children bee continually vagabonds, & begge: let them seeke their bread also out of their desolate places.
109:11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
109:11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath: and let the strangers spoile his labour.
109:12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
109:12Let there be none to extend mercy vnto him: neither let there be any to fauour his fatherlesse children.
109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
109:13Let his posteritie be cut off: and in the generation folowing let their name be blotted out.
109:14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
109:14Let the iniquitie of his fathers be remembred with the LORD: and let not the sinne of his mother be blotted out.
109:15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
109:15Let them be before the LORD continually: that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
109:16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
109:16Because that he remembred not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore and needy man: that he might euen slay the broken in heart.
Selected passage109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
109:17As he loued cursing, so let it come vnto him: as hee delighted not in blessing, so let it be farre from him.
Selected passage109:18As 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.
109:18†As he clothed himselfe with cursing like as with his garment: so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oyle into his bones.
109:19Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
109:19Let it be vnto him as the garment which couereth him: and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
109:20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
109:20 Let this be the reward of mine aduersaries from the LORD: and of them that speake euill against my soule.
109:21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
109:21But do thou for me, O God the LORD, for thy Names sake: because thy mercie is good: deliuer thou me.
109:22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
109:22For I am poore and needie: and my heart is wounded within me.
109:23I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
109:23I am gone like the shadow, when it declineth: I am tossed vp and downe as the locust.
109:24My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
109:24My knees are weake through fasting: and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.
109:25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
109:25I became also a reproch vnto them: when they looked vpon me, they shaked their heads.
109:26Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
109:26Helpe me, O LORD my God: O saue me according to thy mercie.
109:27That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
109:27That they may know, that th is is thy hand: that thou, LORD, hast done it.
109:28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
109:28Let them curse, but blesse thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy seruant reioyce.
109:29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
109:29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame: and let them couer them selues with their owne confusion, as with a mantle.
109:30I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
109:30I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth: yea I will praise him among the multitude.
109:31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
109:31†For he shal stand at the right hand of the poore: to saue him from those that condemne his soule.