Apologetics Bible

Psalms 109:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר אֱלֹהֵי תְהִלָּתִי אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ׃

lamenatzecha-ledavid-mizemvor-'elohey-tehilatiy-'al-techerash

KJV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

AKJV: Hold not your peace, O God of my praise;

ASV: Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

YLT: To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

Exposition: Psalms 109:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:2

Hebrew

כִּי פִי רָשָׁע וּֽפִי־מִרְמָה עָלַי פָּתָחוּ דִּבְּרוּ אִתִּי לְשׁוֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃

khiy-fiy-rasha'-vfiy-miremah-'alay-fatachv-diverv-'itiy-leshvon-shaqer

KJV: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

AKJV: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

ASV: For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:

YLT: For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me--A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

Exposition: Psalms 109:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:3

Hebrew

וְדִבְרֵי שִׂנְאָה סְבָבוּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּנִי חִנָּֽם׃

vediverey-shine'ah-sevavvniy-vayilachamvniy-chinam

KJV: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

AKJV: They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

ASV: They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,

YLT: They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause.

Exposition: Psalms 109:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:4

Hebrew

תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּֽה׃

tachat-'ahavatiy-yishetenvniy-va'aniy-tefilah

KJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

AKJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself to prayer.

ASV: For my love they are my adversaries:

YLT: For my love they oppose me, and I--prayer!

Exposition: Psalms 109:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:5

Hebrew

וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלַי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה וְשִׂנְאָה תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃

vayashiymv-'alay-ra'ah-tachat-tvovah-veshine'ah-tachat-'ahavatiy

KJV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

AKJV: And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

ASV: And they have rewarded me evil for good,

YLT: And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

Exposition: Psalms 109:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:6

Hebrew

הַפְקֵד עָלָיו רָשָׁע וְשָׂטָן יַעֲמֹד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃

hafeqed-'alayv-rasha'-veshatan-ya'amod-'al-yemiynvo

KJV: Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

AKJV: Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.

ASV: Set thou a wicked man over him;

YLT: Appoint Thou over him the wicked, And an adversary standeth at his right hand.

Exposition: Psalms 109:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:7

Hebrew

בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ יֵצֵא רָשָׁע וּתְפִלָּתוֹ תִּהְיֶה לַֽחֲטָאָֽה׃

vehishafetvo-yetze'-rasha'-vtefilatvo-tiheyeh-lachata'ah

KJV: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

AKJV: When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

ASV: When he is judged, let him come forth guilty;

YLT: In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

Exposition: Psalms 109:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:8

Hebrew

יִֽהְיֽוּ־יָמָיו מְעַטִּים פְּקֻדָּתוֹ יִקַּח אַחֵֽר׃

yiheyv-yamayv-me'atiym-fequdatvo-yiqach-'acher

KJV: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

AKJV: Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

ASV: Let his days be few;

YLT: His days are few, his oversight another taketh,

Exposition: Psalms 109:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:9

Hebrew

יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָיו יְתוֹמִים וְאִשְׁתּוֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃

yiheyv-vanayv-yetvomiym-ve'ishetvo-'alemanah

KJV: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

AKJV: Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

ASV: Let his children be fatherless,

YLT: His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Exposition: Psalms 109:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:10

Hebrew

וְנוֹעַ יָנוּעוּ בָנָיו וְשִׁאֵלוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃

venvo'a-yanv'v-vanayv-veshi'elv-vedareshv-mecharevvoteyhem

KJV: Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

AKJV: Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

ASV: Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;

YLT: And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.

Exposition: Psalms 109:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:11

Hebrew

יְנַקֵּשׁ נוֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וְיָבֹזּוּ זָרִים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

yenaqesh-nvosheh-lekhal-'asher-lvo-veyavozv-zariym-yegiy'vo

KJV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

AKJV: Let the extortionist catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labor.

ASV: Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;

YLT: An exactor layeth a snare for all that he hath, And strangers spoil his labour.

Exposition: Psalms 109:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:12

Hebrew

אַל־יְהִי־לוֹ מֹשֵׁךְ חָסֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִי חוֹנֵן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃

'al-yehiy-lvo-moshekhe-chased-ve'al-yehiy-chvonen-liytvomayv

KJV: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

AKJV: Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

ASV: Let there be none to extend kindness unto him;

YLT: He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

Exposition: Psalms 109:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:13

Hebrew

יְהִֽי־אַחֲרִיתוֹ לְהַכְרִית בְּדוֹר אַחֵר יִמַּח שְׁמָֽם׃

yehiy-'achariytvo-lehakheriyt-vedvor-'acher-yimach-shemam

KJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

AKJV: Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

ASV: Let his posterity be cut off;

YLT: His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

Exposition: Psalms 109:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:14

Hebrew

יִזָּכֵר ׀ עֲוֺן אֲבֹתָיו אֶל־יְהוָה וְחַטַּאת אִמּוֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃

yizakher- -'avn-'avotayv-'el-yehvah-vechata't-'imvo-'al-timach

KJV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

AKJV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

ASV: Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah;

YLT: The iniquity of his fathers Is remembered unto Jehovah, And the sin of his mother is not blotted out.

Exposition: Psalms 109:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:15

Hebrew

יִהְיוּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָה תָּמִיד וְיַכְרֵת מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃

yiheyv-neged-yehvah-tamiyd-veyakheret-me'eretz-zikheram

KJV: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

AKJV: Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

ASV: Let them be before Jehovah continually,

YLT: They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

Exposition: Psalms 109:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:16

Hebrew

יַעַן אֲשֶׁר ׀ לֹא זָכַר עֲשׂוֹת חָסֶד וַיִּרְדֹּף אִישׁ־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵה לֵבָב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃

ya'an-'asher- -lo'-zakhar-'ashvot-chased-vayiredof-'iysh-'aniy-ve'eveyvon-venikhe'eh-levav-lemvotet

KJV: Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

AKJV: Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

ASV: Because he remembered not to show kindness,

YLT: Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart--to slay,

Exposition: Psalms 109:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:17

Hebrew

וַיֶּאֱהַב קְלָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵהוּ וְֽלֹא־חָפֵץ בִּבְרָכָה וַתִּרְחַק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

vaye'ehav-qelalah-vatevvo'ehv-velo'-chafetz-viverakhah-vatirechaq-mimenv

KJV: As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

AKJV: As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.

ASV: Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;

YLT: And he loveth reviling, and it meeteth him, And he hath not delighted in blessing, And it is far from him.

Exposition: Psalms 109:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:18

Hebrew

וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה כְּמַדּוֹ וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ וְכַשֶּׁמֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃

vayilevash-qelalah-khemadvo-vatavo'-khamayim-veqirevvo-vekhashemen-ve'atzemvotayv

KJV: As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

AKJV: As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.

ASV: He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment,

YLT: And he putteth on reviling as his robe, And it cometh in as water into his midst, And as oil into his bones.

Exposition: Psalms 109:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:19

Hebrew

תְּהִי־לוֹ כְּבֶגֶד יַעְטֶה וּלְמֵזַח תָּמִיד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃

tehiy-lvo-kheveged-ya'eteh-vlemezach-tamiyd-yachegereha

KJV: Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

AKJV: Let it be to him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually.

ASV: Let it be unto him as the raiment wherewith he covereth himself,

YLT: It is to him as apparel--he covereth himself, And for a continual girdle he girdeth it on.

Exposition: Psalms 109:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:20

Hebrew

זֹאת פְּעֻלַּת שֹׂטְנַי מֵאֵת יְהוָה וְהַדֹּבְרִים רָע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

zo't-fe'ulat-shotenay-me'et-yehvah-vehadoveriym-ra'-'al-nafeshiy

KJV: Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

AKJV: Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

ASV: This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah,

YLT: This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

Exposition: Psalms 109:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:21

Hebrew

וְאַתָּה ׀ יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי עֲ‍ֽשֵׂה־אִתִּי לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ כִּי־טוֹב חַסְדְּךָ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃

ve'atah- -yehvih-'adonay-'asheh-'itiy-lema'an-shemekha-khiy-tvov-chasedekha-hatziyleniy

KJV: But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

AKJV: But do you for me, O GOD the Lord, for your name’s sake: because your mercy is good, deliver you me.

ASV: But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name’s sake:

YLT: And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me.

Exposition: Psalms 109:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:22

Hebrew

כִּֽי־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן אָנֹכִי וְלִבִּי חָלַל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃

khiy-'aniy-ve'eveyvon-'anokhiy-veliviy-chalal-veqireviy

KJV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

AKJV: For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

ASV: For I am poor and needy,

YLT: For I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.

Exposition: Psalms 109:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:23

Hebrew

כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹתוֹ נֶהֱלָכְתִּי נִנְעַרְתִּי כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃

khetzel-khinetvotvo-nehelakhetiy-nine'aretiy-kha'areveh

KJV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

AKJV: I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am tossed up and down as the locust.

ASV: I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:

YLT: As a shadow when it is stretched out I have gone, I have been driven away as a locust.

Exposition: Psalms 109:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:24

Hebrew

בִּרְכַּי כָּשְׁלוּ מִצּוֹם וּבְשָׂרִי כָּחַשׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃

virekhay-khashelv-mitzvom-vveshariy-khachash-mishamen

KJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.

AKJV: My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness.

ASV: My knees are weak through fasting;

YLT: My knees have been feeble from fasting, And my flesh hath failed of fatness.

Exposition: Psalms 109:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:25

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי ׀ הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה לָהֶם יִרְאוּנִי יְנִיעוּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃

va'aniy- -hayiytiy-cherefah-lahem-yire'vniy-yeniy'vn-ro'sham

KJV: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.

AKJV: I became also a reproach to them: when they looked on me they shook their heads.

ASV: I am become also a reproach unto them:

YLT: And I--I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

Exposition: Psalms 109:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:26

Hebrew

עָזְרֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

'azereniy-yehvah-'elohay-hvoshiy'eniy-khechasedekha

KJV: Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:

AKJV: Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to your mercy:

ASV: Help me, O Jehovah my God;

YLT: Help me, O Jehovah my God, Save me, according to Thy kindness.

Exposition: Psalms 109:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:27

Hebrew

וְֽיֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָדְךָ זֹּאת אַתָּה יְהוָה עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃

veyede'v-khiy-yadekha-zo't-'atah-yehvah-'ashiytah

KJV: That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.

AKJV: That they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it.

ASV: That they may know that this is thy hand;

YLT: And they know that this is Thy hand, Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast done it.

Exposition: Psalms 109:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:28

Hebrew

יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה וְאַתָּה תְבָרֵךְ קָמוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹשׁוּ וְֽעַבְדְּךָ יִשְׂמָֽח׃

yeqalelv-hemah-ve'atah-tevarekhe-qamv- -vayevoshv-ve'avedekha-yishemach

KJV: Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

AKJV: Let them curse, but bless you: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice.

ASV: Let them curse, but bless thou:

YLT: They revile, and Thou dost bless, They have risen, and are ashamed, And Thy servant doth rejoice.

Exposition: Psalms 109:28 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:29

Hebrew

יִלְבְּשׁוּ שׂוֹטְנַי כְּלִמָּה וְיַעֲטוּ כַמְעִיל בָּשְׁתָּֽם׃

yileveshv-shvotenay-khelimah-veya'atv-khame'iyl-vashetam

KJV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

AKJV: Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.

ASV: Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor,

YLT: Mine accusers put on blushing, and are covered, As an upper robe is their shame.

Exposition: Psalms 109:29 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:30

Hebrew

אוֹדֶה יְהוָה מְאֹד בְּפִי וּבְתוֹךְ רַבִּים אֲהַֽלְלֶֽנּוּ׃

'vodeh-yehvah-me'od-vefiy-vvetvokhe-raviym-'ahalelenv

KJV: I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

AKJV: I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

ASV: I will give great thanks unto Jehovah with my mouth;

YLT: I thank Jehovah greatly with my mouth, And in the midst of many I praise Him,

Exposition: Psalms 109:30 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 109:31

Hebrew

כִּֽי־יַעֲמֹד לִימִין אֶבְיוֹן לְהוֹשִׁיעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵי נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

khiy-ya'amod-liymiyn-'eveyvon-lehvoshiy'a-mishofetey-nafeshvo

KJV: For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

AKJV: For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.

ASV: For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,

YLT: For He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.

Exposition: Psalms 109:31 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.