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Psalms 109:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.


Psalms 109:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:129 words
HebrewMeaning
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יְהִיyəhiy
it belongverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ל֭/וֹlwō
pron
מֹשֵׁ֣ךְmōšēkə
one who prolongsverbH4900
out) · continue · defer · extend ···
חָ֑סֶדḥāsed
loyaltynounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
וְֽ/אַלwəʾal
and may notconjH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יְהִ֥יyəhiy
it belongverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ח֝וֹנֵ֗ןḥwōnēn
one who shows favorverbH2603
fair · (be · find · shew) favour ···
לִ/יתוֹמָֽי/וliytwōmāyw
to fatherless children hispronH3490
orphan
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 109:12

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 109 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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