Psalms Chapter 132 verse 18 Holy Bible
His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown flourish. Psalm 133 A Song of Ascents; of David.
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His haters will be clothed with shame; but I will make his crown shining.
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His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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I will clothe his enemies with shame, But on himself, his crown will be resplendant."
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His enemies I do clothe `with' shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!
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Psalms 132 : 18 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - His enemies will I clothe with shame. David's "enemies" are those who oppress his "Seed," and will not have him to reign over them. All such will be "confounded and put to shame" (Psalm 35:4), "clothed with shame and dishonor" (Psalm 35:26). But upon himself shall his crown flourish. The true and the final Davidic representative is Christ, who "remaineth a King forever" (Psalm 29:10). On him his crown will ever flourish.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Crown (nezer).--As the distinctive use of this word in Israel--by its derivation meaning mark of separation--was for the golden plate, inscribed "Holiness to the Lord," worn on the high priest's mitre (see Exodus 29:6; Exodus 39:30), we cannot be wrong in seeing here a special allusion to the same. This allusion is rendered more probable by the use of the word rendered "flourish" (properly, shine), a cognate to which was the technical name given to this golden plate. (See the reference in Exodus 39, above.) It is also possibly alluded to in Psalm 89:39, the only other place in the psalms where the word occurs, though as the word is used of the royal crown in 2Samuel 1:10, &c, the allusion is not certain. But if the Maccabaean hypothesis is correct, the use of the word, instead of the more usual word for "crown," is interesting. "One relic of the ancient insignia has been preserved, which was probably prized as the most precious of all. It was the golden plate affixed to the turban, inscribed 'Holiness to Jehovah,' which was believed to have come down from the time of Aaron, and which, treasured through all the vicissitudes of the Jewish state, was carried to Rome by Titus, and seen there by the great Jewish Rabbi, in the time of Hadrian" (Stanley, J. C. 3:353).
