May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, ¹  or a belt ²  one wears continually!

biblegateway Psa 109:19

Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself.

Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears.

Let cursing be his clothing, a belt he always wears."

biblegateway Psa 109:19

May it be like a cloak wrapped about him, like a belt tied for ever round him.

May it be like a garment that he wraps around him, like a belt that he puts on every day!

bibleoremus Psa 109:19

May it be like a garment that he wraps around himself, like a belt that he wears every day."

May it wrap him round like the clothes he puts on, like the belt which he wears every day!

biblegateway Psa 109:19

Let it be to him like the garment which covers him, And for a belt with which he girds himself continually.

Let it be unto him as the garment [which] covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.

biblegateway Psa 109:19

May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, ¹  or a belt ²  one wears continually!

¹ tn Heb “may it be for him like a garment one puts on.”

² tn The Hebrew noun מֵזַח (mezakh, “belt; waistband”) occurs only here in the OT. The form apparently occurs in Isa 23:10 as well, but an emendation is necessary there.