Psalm 109:19
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New International Version (©2011)
May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt."

English Standard Version (©2001)
May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears.

International Standard Version (©2012)
May those curses wrap around him like a garment, or like a belt that one always wears.

NET Bible (©2006)
May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
It shall be for them like a cloak that covers them and like a belt around their waist always.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Let it be unto him as the garment which covers him, and for a belt with which he is girded continually.

American King James Version
Let it be to him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.

American Standard Version
Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself, And for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Douay-Rheims Bible
May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

Darby Bible Translation
Let it be unto him as a garment with which he covereth himself, and for a girdle wherewith he is constantly girded.

English Revised Version
wherewith he covereth himself, and for the girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let it be to him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.

World English Bible
Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him.

Young's Literal Translation
It is to him as apparel -- he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

109:6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, Go, ye cursed, upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 19. - Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him. Let it cling to him both outwardly and inwardly - inwardly, as the penetrating oil; outwardly, as the everyday dress. And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. The "girdle" or "waistcloth" was even more inseparable from the wearer than his beged, his "cloak" or "wrap."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,.... Let him be surrounded on all sides with the wrath of God; and let it be visible to all, as a man's garment on him is: see Isaiah 66:24.

And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually; let him be in the utmost straits and distress, being encompassed about with the curse and wrath of God; and let that stick close unto him as a man's belt does; and let him not be able to get clear of it, or extricate himself out of it, as no man can on whom it is.

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God of My Praise, Don't Remain Silent
…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 to him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually. 20Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. …

2 Samuel 22:40 You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me.
Psalm 30:11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Psalm 73:6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.
Psalm 109:29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
Isaiah 11:5 Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
Jeremiah 43:12 He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.
Ezekiel 7:27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. "'Then they will know that I am the LORD.'"