“Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.”
Let there be no one to do him a kindness, nor anyone to pity his orphaned children. The curse extends to social isolation: no one will treat the speaker with kindness, and the orphaned children will receive no compassion. Social ostracism and the hardening of hearts against the vulnerable compound the curses. This verse emphasizes total social abandonment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 109:11
1. Every one who faithfully reads the Acts of the Apostles, acknowledges that this Psalm contains a prophecy of Christ; for it evidently appears that what is here written, “let his days be few, and let another take his office,” is prophesied of Judas, the betrayer of Christ....For as some things are said which seem peculiarly to apply to the Apostle Peter, and yet are not clear in their meaning, unless when referred to the Church, whom he is acknowledged to have figuratively…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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