Psalms Chapter 109 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 109:7

When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.
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BBE Psalms 109:7

When he is judged, let the decision go against him; and may his prayer become sin.
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DARBY Psalms 109:7

When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;
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KJV Psalms 109:7

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
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WBT Psalms 109:7


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WEB Psalms 109:7

When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
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YLT Psalms 109:7

In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; literally, let him go forth condemned; Let him quit the court under sentence. And let his prayer become sin. The most terrible of all the imprecations. "Let him even be unable to pray to God acceptably," and so let any prayer that he offers when he is brought low be an additional sin (comp. Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 28:9; Isaiah 1:12-15).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) When he shall be judged.--Literally, in his being judged. (See margin.) The meaning is, "may he go out of court a condemned man."Let his prayer become sin.--If this clause stood by itself, the most natural way would be to give "prayer" and "sin" their usual sense, and see in it the horrible hope that the man's prayer to God for mercy would be reckoned as "sin." That such was the result of the performance of religious rites by a wicked man was, it is true, a thought familiar to the Hebrew. (See, in addition to the marginal reference, Proverbs 15:8; Proverbs 21:27.) But the judgment just spoken of is that of an earthly tribunal. Hence we must render here, let his prayer be an offence, that is, instead of procuring him a mitigation of his sentence, let it rather provoke the unscrupulous judge to make it heavier. For sin in this sense of offence, see Ecclesiastes 10:4, and comp. 1Kings 1:21.