Psalm 109:17
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109:17He loved to curse30 others, so those curses have come upon him.31
He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.32
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- 30 A curse in OT times consists of a formal appeal to God to bring judgment down upon another. Curses were sometimes justified (such as the one spoken by the psalmist here in vv. 6–19), but when they were not, the one pronouncing the curse was in danger of bringing the anticipated judgment down upon himself.
- 31 Heb “and he loved a curse and it came [upon] him.” A reference to the evil man experiencing a curse seems premature here, for the psalmist is asking God to bring judgment on his enemies. For this reason some (cf. , ) prefer to repoint the vav (ו) on “it came” as conjunctive and translate the verb as a jussive of prayer (“may it come upon him!”). The prefixed form with vav consecutive in the next line is emended in the same way and translated, “may it be far from him.” However, the psalmist may be indicating that the evil man’s lifestyle has already begun to yield its destructive fruit.
- 32 Heb “and he did not delight in a blessing and it is far from him.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him!
He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
He loved to pronounce a curse—
may it come back on him.
He found no pleasure in blessing—
may it be far from him.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
He loved to curse others;
now you curse him.
He never blessed others;
now don’t you bless him.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Because he loved cursing, let it come upon him.
Because he did not delight in blessing,
let it be far from him.
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KJV 1900King James Version
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him:
As he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
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