KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 109:28–29
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Psalms 109:28
28Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
28Let them curse, but blesse thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let thy seruant reioyce.
Psalms 109:29
29Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
29Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame: and let them couer them selues with their owne confusion, as with a mantle.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 109:28
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To rise, stand up, come forth, or begin to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 109:29
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
adversaries
Opponents or enemies; persons who resist, oppose, or accuse.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To put garments upon or provide clothing; figuratively, to cover, invest, or surround with the condition or quality named.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor; as a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Disorder, shame, overthrow, or a mingling without proper distinction, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
A loose outer garment or cloak.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 28
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Open the full verse study20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
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Open the full verse study22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
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Open the full verse study2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Open the full verse study12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
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Open the full verse study17As 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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Open the full verse study10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
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.
13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
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Open the full verse study13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
16That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
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Open the full verse study23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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Open the full verse study26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
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Open the full verse study22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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Open the full verse study11But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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Open the full verse study2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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Open the full verse study10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
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Open the full verse study17As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
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.
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Open the full verse study9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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Open the full verse study10Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
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