Psalms 109:11

Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

In Context

10Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.

12Cause that while he is still living no one will be kind to him, and after he dies, cause that no one will pity his children.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:33People from a foreign nation will take all the crops that you worked hard to produce, and they will constantly treat you harshly and cruelly [DOU].

Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelis planted things in their fields, the people of Midian and Amalek and other groups from the east invaded Israel.

Job 18:9It was as though a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],

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 →

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