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11 May the creditor seize[a] all he owns.
May strangers loot his property.[b]
12 May no one show him kindness.[c]
May no one have compassion[d] on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants[e] be cut off.[f]
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:11 tn Heb “lay snares for” (see Ps 38:12).
  2. Psalm 109:11 tn Heb “the product of his labor.”
  3. Psalm 109:12 tn Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”
  4. Psalm 109:12 tn Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).
  5. Psalm 109:13 tn Or “offspring.”
  6. Psalm 109:13 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
  7. Psalm 109:13 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”