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Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
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Shame as a Garment
Commentators explain that the psalmist uses powerful imagery, praying that his enemies' dishonor would be as visible and complete as a piece of clothing. Just as they had 'clothed themselves with cursing,' he asks that they be covered entirely in their own shame, like a robe or mantle, making their disgrace public and total.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame — Let confusion and disappointment seem to cover them, so as to constitute a garment. Se…
19th Century
Anglican
It is impossible not to notice the anti-climax in these verses, if they are spoken by the same person as Psalms 109:16-20, and directed against the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame This is only explanative of what is said before,
And l…
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