109:12 May no one show him kindness! 1
May no one have compassion 2 on his fatherless children!
109:13 May his descendants 3 be cut off! 4
May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! 5
109:14 May his ancestors’ 6 sins be remembered by the Lord!
May his mother’s sin not be forgotten! 7
109:15 May the Lord be constantly aware of them, 8
and cut off the memory of his children 9 from the earth!
1 tn Heb “may there not be for him one who extends loyal love.”
2 tn Perhaps this refers to being generous (see Ps 37:21).
3 tn Or “offspring.”
4 sn On the expression cut off see Ps 37:28.
5 tn Heb “in another generation may their name be wiped out.”
5 tn Or “fathers’ sins.”
6 tn Heb “not be wiped out.”
7 tn Heb “may they [that is, the sins mentioned in v. 14] be before the
8 tn Heb “their memory.” The plural pronominal suffix probably refers back to the children mentioned in v. 13, and for clarity this has been specified in the translation.