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Psalms 109:7

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

KJV

De torrente in via bibet ; propterea exaltabit caput.

Vulgate

ἐκ χειμάρρου ἐν ὁδῷ πίεται· διὰ τοῦτο ὑψώσει κεφαλήν.

LXX

When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

ASV

בְּ֭/הִשָּׁ֣פְט/וֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע וּ֝/תְפִלָּת֗/וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה לַֽ/חֲטָאָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

חֲטָאָ֣ה
cht'h
noun · 8×
י
y
noun · 77×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
נוּ
nv
verb · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Great is shown to be in all things the gain of humility. Thus it is that we have brought arts to perfection, not by learning them all at once from our teachers; it is thus that we have built cities, putting them together slowly, little by little; it is thus that we maintain our life. And marvel not if the thing has so much power in matters pertaining to this life, when in sp…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 15:7 — And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
  • Gal 3:10 — For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
  • Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he
  • Job 27:9 — Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
  • Matt 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
  • Prov 28:9 — He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
  • Prov 28:9 — He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
  • Rom 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.