Psalms 109:28

WEB

²⁸They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.

KJV

²⁸Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.

BSB

²⁸Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

FBV

²⁸When they curse me, you will bless me. When they attack me, you will defeat them. And I, your servant, will be happy.

Extra References

Numbers 23:20

²⁰Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.

John 16:22

²²Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Psalms 109:17

¹⁷Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Hebrews 12:2

²looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Numbers 22:12

¹²God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 23:23

²³Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’

¹³Therefore the Lord GOD says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed. ¹⁴Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit. ¹⁵You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord GOD will kill you. He will call his servants by another name, ¹⁶so that he who blesses himself in the earth will bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth will swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hidden from my eyes.

2 Samuel 16:10-13

¹⁰The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

¹¹David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has invited him. ¹²It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.” ¹³So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.