Discovery BoxPsalms 109:8-9 
ContextMay another take his job! 2
109:9 May his children 3 be fatherless,
and his wife a widow!
Psalms 112:3
Context112:3 His house contains wealth and riches;
his integrity endures. 4
Psalms 132:18
Context132:18 I will humiliate his enemies, 5
and his crown will shine.
1 tn The prefixed verbal forms (except those with vav [ו] consecutive) in vv. 8-20 are taken as jussives of prayer. Note the distinct jussive forms used in vv. 12-13, 15, 19.
2 tn The Hebrew noun פְּקֻדָּה (pÿquddah) can mean “charge” or “office,” though BDB 824 s.v. suggests that here it refers to his possessions.
3 tn Or “sons.”
4 tn Heb “stands forever.”
5 tn Heb “his enemies I will clothe [with] shame.”
