20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
20 May this be the Lord's payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.
20 May this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, of those who speak evil against my life!
20 That's what they'll get, those out to get me - an avalanche of just deserts from God.
20 Let this be the Lord's reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.
20 May those curses become the Lord 's punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:20
Commentary on Psalm 109:6-20
(Read Psalm 109:6-20)
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, "Go, ye cursed," upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.