Bible verse

Psalm 109:9

May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

Psalm 109:9 · BSB

Psalm 109:9 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 109.

5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

8 May his days be few; may another take his position.

9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.

10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.

11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

12 May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.

13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.

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Psalm 109:9 in other translations

KJV

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

ASV

Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

ERV

Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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