Psalms 109:14

May his ancestors’ ¹  sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! ² 

Ex 20:5; Le 26:39; 2Sa 3:29; 2Sa 21:1,8,9; 2Ki 8:27; 2Ki 9:27; 2Ki 10:13,14; 2Ki 11:1; 2Ch 22:3,4; Ne 4:5; Isa 43:25; Jer 18:23; Mt 23:31-36

¹ tn Or “fathers’ sins.”

² tn Heb “not be wiped out.”

sn According to ancient Israelite theology and its doctrine of corporate solidarity and responsibility, children could be and often were punished for the sins of their parents. For a discussion of this issue see J. Kaminsky, Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible (JSOTSup). (Kaminsky, however, does not deal with Ps 109.)