Psalms 109:12
Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.
13Let his posterity be cut off; in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Cross References
Job 5:4His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
Isaiah 9:17(9-16) Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is ungodly and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh wantonness. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 27:11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:7-21
Prophetic Imprecations. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. 12 Let there be none to… Read the whole commentary →