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Psalm 109:7
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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“Let his prayer be turned into sin” makes this curse hard to read: amid hatred repaying love, even the enemy’s plea is marked for condemnation.
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Proverbs 28:9He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.Both passages describe prayer counted as offensive, though Proverbs identifies refusal to hear the law and the psalm voices a curse.
Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination— how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!Both passages connect an act of worship with wrongdoing: prayer becomes sin in the psalm’s request, and wicked sacrifice is an abomination.
Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the …Both passages speak of condemnation, though the psalm asks for one man’s guilt and Galatians describes a curse under the law.
Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.Both passages address prayer’s moral standing, with the psalm seeking its condemnation and Proverbs describing God’s delight in the upright person’s prayer.
Job 27:9Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?Both passages raise the prospect of an unheard plea: Job questions whether God will hear, while the psalm asks that prayer become sin.
Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.Both passages describe prayer failing to gain a hearing, with Isaiah naming bloodshed and the psalm asking that prayer count as sin.
Matthew 23:13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater …Both passages connect prayer with condemnation; Matthew names prayers made as a pretense, while the psalm asks that a man’s prayer become sin.
2 Samuel 15:7–8At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.The shared thread is limited to religious speech: the psalm mentions prayer, while Absalom speaks of a vow to the LORD.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under …Both passages speak of judgment, though the psalm seeks one man’s guilty verdict and Romans places the whole world under God’s judgment.
Isaiah 66:3He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who offers pig’s blood; …Both passages associate worship with sin: the psalm asks that prayer become sin, while Isaiah describes offerings alongside violence and abominations.
Acts 1:25to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”Acts names Judas’s lost ministry; this verse asks for guilt and rejected prayer, so the supplied lines share no clear verbal link.
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The demand is severe, reaching even into an enemy’s prayer. You can face that severity without making the curse your own verdict; judgment belongs to God.
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