Tree of Life Version
Psalms 109:12
12Let no one show him mercy, or take pity on his fatherless children.
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
10Let his children wander and beg and may they search in their ruins. 11Let a creditor seize all he has, and may strangers plunder his labor. Let no one show him mercy, or take pity on his fatherless children. 13Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation. 14May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Adonai, the sin of his mother never blotted out.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:12 word by word
אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִיתוֹמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:12
- Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you—a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, overflowing, will be given into your lap. For whatever measure you measure out will be measured back to you.”
- James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, the devastated one, happy is the one who repays you as you have paid us.
- Isaiah 13:18Their bows will cut down the young men, with no pity on the fruit of the womb, nor will their eye spare children.
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Luke 11:50so that the blood of the prophets shed since the foundation of the world might be required from this generation—
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
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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
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