Psalms 109:16
He never was kind to anyone; he ◄persecuted/cause problems for► poor and needy people and even killed helpless people.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
15think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Cross References
Genesis 42:21They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our younger brother that ◄we are being punished/God is punishing us►! We saw that he [SYN] was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!”
2 Samuel 17:1Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave with them tonight to pursue David.
Job 19:21“I plead with you, my three friends, pity me, because God has ◄struck [EUP] me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly►.
Psalms 10:14But you see the trouble and the distress that they cause. People who are suffering expect that you will help them; and you help orphans, also.
Psalms 37:14Wicked people pull out their swords/daggers and they put strings on their bows, ready to kill people who are poor [DOU] and to slaughter those who live righteously.
Psalms 69:20Their insults have deeply offended me, and I ◄feel helpless/am in despair►. I searched for someone who would pity me, but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none.
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 →