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Psalms 109:9-12

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109:9 May his children 1  be fatherless,

and his wife a widow!

109:10 May his children 2  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! 3 

109:11 May the creditor seize 4  all he owns!

May strangers loot his property! 5 

109:12 May no one show him kindness! 6 

May no one have compassion 7  on his fatherless children!

1 tn Or “sons.”

2 tn Or “sons.”

3 tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shielu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.

4 tn Heb “lay snares for” (see Ps 38:12).

5 tn Heb “the product of his labor.”

6 tn Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”

7 tn Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).



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