Psalms 109:14

"Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with Jehovah,

And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

Let them be before Jehovah continually,

That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

Because he remembered not to show kindness,

But persecuted the poor and needy man,

And the broken in heart to slay them.

Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him;

And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him."

"Iniquity of his fathers ... the sin of his mother" (Psalms 109:14). It is here presumed that the enemy's parents were both wicked and that their guilt is also to be visited upon the enemy and his posterity according to this prayer.

"Let them be before the Lord continually" (Psalms 109:15). "The desire here is that even the memory of the enemy's parents may also be cut off from the earth."[13]

"Remembered not kindness ... persecuted the poor and needy ... loved cursing ... delighted not in blessing" (Psalms 109:16-17). "This portrait of David's enemy is given here in explanation, or perhaps in justification of the numerous and severe anathemas."[14]

"The poor and needy man" (Psalms 109:16). This same thought is registered in Psalms 109:22, below. Some would deny David's authorship of this psalm on the basis that he was not "a poor and needy man." Such is a worthless argument, however, because when David was a fugitive, either from Saul, or from Absalom, he was indeed a poor and needy man.