Psalms 109:17

“As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him, etc.] Judas loved that which brought a curse upon him, sin; and so he may be said to love the curse; just as sinners are said to love death, (<200836>Proverbs 8:36). He was desirous of and sought after it, to bring Christ to an accursed death; and which he accomplished and pleased himself with; and therefore it was a just retaliation upon him that the curse should light on him, and he himself come to a shameful and ignominious death. The Jews loved the cursing law, the flying roll, called the curse in (<380502>Zechariah 5:2,3), which curses every transgressor of it: they boasted of it, rested in it, and sought for righteousness by it; and…”

“As he loved cursing ... - As he loved to curse others; as he seemed to have a pleasure alike in the act of cursing and in the feeling which prompts to cursing, let him see what it is; let it come upon him in its fullness. He has chosen this as his portion; let it be his. This, in the original, is in the indicative mood, and not, as in our version, in the optative form: “He loved cursing, and it has come upon him; he did not delight in blessing, and it is far from him.” Still, the connection would rather seem to require that we should understand this as a prayer, and not as an affirmation, for the object of the whole seems not to be to state what had come upon him, but what the psalmist…”

“Delighted not - In desiring and promoting the welfare of others. Psalms 109:18”

“Psa 52:4, Psa 52:5, Psa 59:12, Psa 59:13; Pro 14:14; Eze 35:6; Mat 7:2; Th2 2:10, Th2 2:11; Rev 16:6 Psalms 109:18”