19 May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
19 May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!
19 So give him a gift - a costume of curses; he can wear curses every day of the week!
19 Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.
19 Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:19
Commentary on Psalm 109:6-20
(Read Psalm 109:6-20)
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.