Psalm 109:19 {108:19}
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May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.

as the garment

Psalm 109:18,29 And 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. . . .

Psalm 35:26 Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.

Psalm 132:18 His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him shall my sanctification flourish.

Context
The Song of the Slandered
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. 19May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.20This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:40
Thou hast girded me with strength to battle: thou hast made them that resisted me to bow under me.

Psalm 30:11
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:

Psalm 73:6
Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.

Psalm 109:29
Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with their confusion as with a double cloak.

Isaiah 11:5
And justice shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

Jeremiah 43:12
And he shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and he shall carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment: and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Ezekiel 7:27
The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with sorrow, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled. I will do to them according to their way, and will judge them according to their judgments: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Lexicon
May it be
תְּהִי־ (tə·hî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like a robe
כְּבֶ֣גֶד (kə·ḇe·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

wrapped about him,
יַעְטֶ֑ה (ya‘·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5844: To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself

like a belt
וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח (ū·lə·mê·zaḥ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4206: A girdle

tied
יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃ (yaḥ·gə·re·hā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2296: To gird, gird on, gird oneself

forever around him.
תָּמִ֥יד (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice


Additional Translations
May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.Let it be to him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.

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

Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.

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

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

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

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

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