Psalms 109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms 109:12 in other translations
| BSB | May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children. |
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| WEB | Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children. |
| ASV | Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. |
| YLT | He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans. |
| DARBY | Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children; |
| BBE | Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. |
| Webster | Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. |
What does Psalms 109:12 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:6-20
The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that…
Psalms 109:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 109:12
- Psalms 137:8-9
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
- James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
- Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
- Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- Luke 11:50-51
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
- Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
- Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 13:18
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
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Context
- Psalms 109:11
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- Psalms 109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
- Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms 109:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No tenga quien le haga misericordia; ni haya quien tenga compasión de sus huérfanos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’il n’y ait personne qui étende sa bonté sur lui, et qu’il n’y ait personne qui use de grâce envers ses orphelins; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er habe niemand, der ihm Güte bewahre, und es sei niemand, der seinen Waisen gnädig sei! |