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Psalm 109:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 109:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 “May his children be vagrants and beggars,
driven from the ruins they use for shelter.
11 May the creditor seize all he has,
and strangers abscond with his life savings.
12 [a]“May no one extend mercy to him
or take pity on his fatherless children.
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:12 The Law, the Prophets, and the Gospel all give warnings of what the sins of ancestors can bring down upon the children (see Ex 20:5; 1 Sam 2:31ff; Lk 19:41ff). Name be blotted out: see note on Ps 69:29.
