Psalms 109:18

“As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, etc.] He was full of it; his mouth was full of cursing and bitterness; it was visible in him, easy to be discerned; he took pride as well as pleasure in it, it was in his esteem an ornament to him, as his clothes were. The Syriac version renders it, “as armour”; as if it was a protection to him, or he thought it to be so. So let it come into his bowels like water; the meaning is, let the wrath of God and the curse of the law come into his conscience, and make sad work there, and fill him with dread and terror, and that in great abundance, and with great force; like a flood of waters that carry all before it; or like the waters of…”

“As he clothed himself with cursing like as with a garment - Moral qualities are often compared with raiment - as that in which we “appear” to our fellow-men. See 1 Peter 5:5; Job 29:14. So let it come into his bowels like water - Margin, “within him.” Hebrew, “In his midst.” Let it penetrate him through and through. Let no part of him be unaffected by it. And like oil into his bones - As if oil flowed through all his bones, so let the effects of cursing pervade his whole frame. The prayer is, that his entire nature might feel the effects of cursing; that he might know to the full what he was endeavoring to bring on others. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Garment - Which a man wears constantly. Like water - Water in the cavity of the belly, between the bowels, is almost certain death. And oil soaking into any of the bones, will soon utterly destroy it. Psalms 109:20”

“109:18 Cursing is the accused person’s whole way of life.”

“As he: Psa 73:6; Job 29:14; Col 3:8, Col 3:12; Pe1 5:5 so let: Num 5:22, Num 5:27; Job 20:12-16, Job 20:20-23; Mat 26:24, Mat 27:3-5; Act 1:18, Act 1:25 into his bowels: Heb. within him Psalms 109:19”