King James Version
Psalms 109:28 in the King James Version says “Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 109 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.”
Psalms 109:28 · KJV
Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Let them curse”
H7043to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
“but bless”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
“thou when they arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“let them be ashamed”
H954properly, to pale, i.e., by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
“rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
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