Psalm 109:17 {108:17}
Good News Translation
He loved to curse--may he be cursed! He hated to give blessings--may no one bless him!

New Revised Standard Version
He loved to curse; let curses come on him. He did not like blessing; may it be far from him.

Contemporary English Version
"He cursed others. Now place a curse on him! He never wished others well. Wish only trouble for him!

New American Bible
He loved cursing; may it come upon him; he hated blessing; may none come to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.

Psalm 52:4,5 Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue. . . .

Psalm 59:12,13 For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of, . . .

Proverbs 14:14 A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.

Ezekiel 35:6 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God, I will deliver thee up to blood, and blood shall pursue thee: and whereas thou hast hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.

Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

2 Thessalonians 2:10,11 And in all seduction of iniquity to them that perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying: . . .

Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets: and thou hast given them blood to drink. For they are worthy.

Context
The Song of the Slandered
16because he remembered not to shew mercy, 17But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.18And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:2
For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Proverbs 14:14
A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.

Ezekiel 35:9
I will make thee everlasting desolations, and thy cities shall not be inhabited: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord God.

Psalm 109:16
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