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Psalm 109:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 109:11-13
New Catholic Bible
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.
13 May his posterity be doomed to extinction
and his name be blotted out within a generation.
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.
