Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones." — Psalms 109:18 (ASV)
As he clothed himself with cursing, as with a garment - Moral qualities are often compared with clothing - as that in which we “appear” to others. 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.