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Psalm 109

Psa. 109:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Asr he loved
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
cursing
qlalah (Hebrew #7045)
vilification
KJV usage: (ac-)curse(-d, - ing).
Pronounce: kel-aw-law'
Origin: from 7043
, so let it come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
unto him: as he delighted
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
not in blessing
Brakah (Hebrew #1293)
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV usage: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
Pronounce: ber-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 1288
, so let it be far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from him.
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Ezek. 35:6• 6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. (Ezek. 35:6)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 52:4‑5• 4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
 5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. (Psa. 52:4‑5)
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Psa. 59:12‑13• 12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
 13Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:12‑13)
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Prov. 14:14• 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. (Prov. 14:14)
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Ezek. 35:6• 6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. (Ezek. 35:6)
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Matt. 7:2• 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matt. 7:2)
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2 Thess. 2:10‑11• 10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: (2 Thess. 2:10‑11)
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Rev. 16:6• 6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. (Rev. 16:6)
• The cursing that he loved falls upon himself; the blessing that he spurned is removed far from him. The garments of cursing with which he clothed himself, he shall forever wear (vv. 17-19). (“Psalms 109” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he loved cursing; so let it come unto him. And he delighted not in blessing; and let it be far from him.