Psalms 109:12

12 May no one be kind to them or take pity on the children they leave behind.

Psalms 109:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 109:12

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him
No pity is ever expressed at hearing or reading the sad case of Judas; and though the Jews were pitied of those that carried them captive to Babylon, ( Psalms 106:46 ) , yet, in their last destruction by the Romans, no mercy was shown them; the wrath of God and man came upon them to the uttermost, ( 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ) .

Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children:
to bestow any benefit upon them; to relieve their wants, nor to protect their persons; no more respect shown them than to their father, being shunned and hated for their father's sake.

Psalms 109:12 In-Context

10 May their children be driven from their destroyed homes. May they wander around like beggars.

11 May everything those people own be taken away to pay for what they owe. May strangers rob them of everything they've worked for.

12 May no one be kind to them or take pity on the children they leave behind.

13 May their family line come to an end. May their names be forgotten by those who live after them.

14 May the LORD remember the evil things their fathers have done. May he never erase the sins of their mothers.