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Psalms 109:9
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Let his children be fatherlessand his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow!
Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow!
Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherlesse, and his wife a widowe.
Let his sons be orphansAnd his wife a widow.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Make orphans of his children and a widow of his wife;
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
Let his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow;
Let his children become orphans and his wife a widow.
Let their children be fatherless and their wives widows.
May his children become orphans, and his wife a widow!
Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow,
his sons be orphans, and his wife a widow;
Let his children be vagabundes, and begg their bred: let them seke it, as they that be destroyed.
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children bee fatherlesse: and his wife a widow.
Let his chyldren be fatherlesse: and his wyfe a wydowe.
Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Hise sones be maad faderles; and his wijf a widewe.
Let his sons be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be without a father. And let his wife be without a husband.
May his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
Let his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow;
(108-9) May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
His sons are fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 22:24, Jeremiah 18:21, Lamentations 5:3
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body 2 Kings 10:17 - he slew Job 5:4 - children Job 20:26 - it shall go Job 21:19 - for his Ecclesiastes 5:14 - and he Acts 1:20 - Let his
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. This sometimes is the case of good men, who leave widows and fatherless children, whom the Lord shows mercy to; being the Father of the fatherless, and the Judge of the widow, Psalms 68:5, but sometimes it is threatened and comes as a judgment, when the Lord shows no mercy and favour to them, Exodus 22:24. And this is the case here, which very probably was literally fulfilled in Judas, who might have a wife and children; since it looks as if the other apostles had, and certain it is that one of them had a wife, even Peter, in the times of Christ; see 1 Corinthians 9:5. And this was verified in the people of the Jews; whom the Lord divorced from himself, and wrote a "loammi" upon them, and left them as orphans and fatherless, Hosea 1:9. This will never be the case of Christ's people, or the Christian church, John 14:18, though it will be of the antichristian one, Revelation 18:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let his children be fatherless - Hebrew, “his sons.” This is what “always” occurs when a criminal who is a father is executed. It is one of the consequences of crime; and if the officer of justice does his duty, of course, the sons of such a man “must” be made fatherless. The prayer is, simply, that justice may be done, and all this is but an enumeration of what must follow from the proper execution of the laws.
And his wife a widow - This implies no malice against the wife, but may be consistent with the most tender compassion for her sufferings. It is simply one of the consequences which must follow from the punishment of a bad man. The enumeration of these things shows the enormity of the crime - just as the consequences which follow from the execution of a murderer are an illustration of the divine sense of the evil of the offence.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 109:9. Let his children be fatherless, c. — It is said that Judas was a married man, against whom this verse, as well as the preceding is supposed to be spoken and that it was to support them that he stole from the bag in which the property of the apostles was put, and of which he was the treasurer.
