Psalms 109:19

“Let it be to him like a garment he wraps himself in, and like a belt he continually girds on.”

Psalms 109:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 109:19, word by word

Let it beתְּהִיtehi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “tehi” appears
like a garmentבֶגֶדveged

garment

A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.

Where else “veged” appears
he wraps himself inיַעְטֶהyate

cover, wrap

Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.

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and like a beltמֵזַחmezach

belt

A belt, a sash that girds the waist.

Where else “mezach” appears
he continuallyתָּמִידtamid

continually

Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.

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girds onיַחְגְּרֶyachgre

gird

Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.

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The context

18And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it entered like water into his inner being, and like oil into his bones.

19 · This verse (above)

20This is the wages of my accusers from YHWH, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

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