Psalms 109:12
May there be none to show him compassion, And none to pity his fatherless children!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11May a creditor seize on all that he hath, And a stranger plunder his substance!
13May his posterity be cut off; In the next generation may his name be blotted out!
Cross References
Job 5:4His children are far from safety; They are oppressed at the gate, and there is none to deliver them.
Isaiah 9:17Therefore shall the Lord have no joy in their young men, And on their orphans and widows he shall have no compassion; For they are all profane, and evil-doers; Every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, But his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah 27:11When her boughs are withered, they are broken off; Women come, and burn them; For it was a people of no understanding; Therefore he that made him had not mercy on him, And he that formed him showed him no favor.
Luke 6:38give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will men give into your bosom; for with what measure ye mete, it will be measured to you in return.
James 2:13For the judgment shall be without mercy to him that showed no mercy. Mercy glorieth against judgment.
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 →