Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 109:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“{Let} this {be} the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.”
Psalms 109:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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. {into his bowels: Heb. within him}
Let it be unto him as the garment {which} covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
{Let} this {be} the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy {is} good, deliver thou me.
For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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