Psalms 109:12

Psalms 109:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
• New International Version (NIV)May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let there be none to extend mercy to him, Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

Context of Psalms 109:12

10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food. 11May the people who lent money to my enemy, take away everything that belonged to him. Let strangers take everything that he worked hard to get for himself. Do not let anyone be kind to him. Do not let anyone help his children, even when they have no father. 13Remove all the descendants in his family. When his children die, may nobody remember his family any more! 14Lord, please remember his ancestors sins. Please do not forgive his mother's sins.

Psalms 109:12 word by word

אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let there be none to extendמָשַׁךְmâshak · to drawH4900
• mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• unto him: neither let there be any to favourחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• his fatherless childrenיָתוֹםyâthôm · orphanH3490

Cross-references for Psalms 109:12

• Isaiah 27:11When the branches become dry, they break off the tree. Women will take the sticks and they will make fires with them. That is what these people are like. They do not understand anything. So their Maker will not help them or be kind to them.
• Luke 6:38Give to other people and God will give to you. He will give to you even more than you gave. He will fill your pocket until no more will go in. It will be so full that it will come out over the top. Think about how you give to other people. God will give in the same way to you.’
• James 2:13God will not forgive anyone who has not forgiven other people. But God is kind! He judges us, but even more than that, he forgives us!
• Psalms 137:8People of Babylon, an army will soon destroy you! They will punish you in the same way that you punished us. May God bless whoever does that to you!
• Isaiah 13:18Their arrows will kill Babylon's young men. They will not let babies or children go free.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered Pilate, ‘Yes, God should punish us and our children, if we have done the wrong thing.’
• Luke 11:50Since the beginning of the world, people have killed God's prophets. But God will punish the people who are alive today for all those murders.

Commentaries on Psalms 109:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Let there be none to extend mercy unto him - Let him find compassion and sympathy in no one. When he suffers, let him be left to bear it alone. Let there be none found to shed a tear of compassion over him, or to relieve him. Literally, “Let there be no one to draw out kindness to him.” Neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children - To show them mercy or kindness. See the notes at Psalm 109:10.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-20Verses 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 mischievous, destructive thing. And…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-19The NLT translates these verses as the words of the psalmist’s accusers; Hebrew lacks They say, which makes it unclear who is speaking.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311. God of my praise--its object, thus recognizing God as a certain helper. Be not silent (compare Psa 17:13; 28:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 109:12

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Favor
• God
• Pity
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 109

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings