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Psalm 109:17-18
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 109:17-18
New Catholic Bible
17 He loved to level curses[a] at others;
may they recoil on him.
He took no pleasure in blessing;
may no blessing be his.
18 [b]“He clothed himself with cursing as his garment;
it seeped into his body like water
and into his bones like oil.
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:17 Curses: see note on Ps 10:7.
- Psalm 109:18 These words, leveled at the psalmist by his enemies, claim that cursing was his clothing as well as his food and drink; he lived, so to speak, by cursing (see Prov 4:17). Cursing was intended to destroy a person, his position, his family, and the remembrance of his name.
2 Maccabees 9:5-6
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 9:5-6
New Catholic Bible
5 And so the all-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with an unseen but incurable blow. Hardly had he spoken those words when he was seized with excruciating pains in his bowels and acute internal torment— 6 an entirely suitable punishment for one who had inflicted many barbarous torments on the bowels of others. Read full chapter
