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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 109, Verse 18

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As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, And it came into his inward parts like water, And like oil into his bones.
New English Translation
He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil.
World English Bible
He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.
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Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
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[Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
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But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.
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For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
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My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
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I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
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Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
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That they may know that this [is] thy hand; [that] thou, LORD, hast done it.
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Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.