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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

11 May a creditor(A) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(B) the fruits of his labor.(C)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(D) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(E)
    their names blotted out(F) from the next generation.

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