29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.
29 May my accusers be clothed with dishonor; may they be wrapped in their own shame as in a cloak!
29 Let them be jeered by the crowd when they stand up, followed by cheers for me, your servant. Dress my accusers in clothes dirty with shame, discarded and humiliating old ragbag clothes.
29 Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
29 May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:29
Commentary on Psalm 109:21-31
(Read Psalm 109:21-31)
The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost worn away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the soul prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But if God bless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curse whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God's glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit, for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end in triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and now risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever ready to appear on their behalf against a corrupt world, and the great accuser.