Psalm 109:8-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 109:10

vagabonds = wanderers. seek their bread also out. Septuagint and Vulg, read "driven out". read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 109:11

catch = lay a snare for. Compare 1 Samuel 28:9 . read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 109:10

"Let his children be vagabonds, and beg;And let them seek their bread out of their desolate places.Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;And let strangers make spoil of his labor.Let there be none to extend kindness to him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.Let his posterity be cut off;In the generation following let their name be blotted out."These imprecations run counter to the Christian conception that all young children are innocent. As Jesus stated it,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 109:10

Psalms 109:10. Let them seek their bread— Let them be driven from their ruinous habitations. Green. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 109:11

Psalms 109:11. Let the extortioner catch— Or, Let the usurer extort. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:8

8. The opposite blessing is long life (Psalms 91:16; Proverbs 3:2). The last clause is quoted as to Judas by Peter (Proverbs 3:2- :). office—literally, "charge," Septuagint, and Peter, "oversight" [1 Peter 5:2]. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 109:9

9, 10. Let his family share the punishment, his children be as wandering beggars to prowl in their desolate homes, a greedy and relentless creditor grasp his substance, his labor, or the fruit of it, enure to strangers and not his heirs, and his unprotected, fatherless children fall in want, so that his posterity shall utterly fail. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:1-31

Psalms 109This individual lament is one of the imprecatory psalms in which the writer called on God to avenge his enemies (cf. Psalms 3:7; Psalms 5:10; Psalms 6:10; Psalms 7:14-16; Psalms 28:4-5; Psalms 31:17-18; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 37:9-10; Psalms 37:15; Psalms 37:20; Psalms 37:35-36; Psalms 40:14-15; Psalms 54:5; Psalms 55:9; Psalms 55:15; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 59:12-13; Psalms 63:9-11; Psalms 64:7-9; Psalms 71:13; Psalms 79:6; Psalms 79:12; Psalms 139:19-22; Psalms 140:9-10). [Note: See Day,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-15

The psalmist prayed that God would do several specific things to avenge him. He asked God to return what his enemy was doing to him back on himself. He wanted a wicked man to oppose and accuse him. He wanted God to judge his enemy guilty and put him to death. He also asked that God punish his wife and children for his wickedness. In the future he hoped no one would remember him and that he would have no descendants. Having one’s family name terminated was considered to be a great tragedy in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 109:6-20

2. Imprecations on foes 109:6-20 read more

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