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Psalms 109:9 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 109:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 109:95 words
HebrewMeaning
יִֽהְיוּyihəyw
may they beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בָנָ֥י/וbānāyw
children hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יְתוֹמִ֑יםyətwōmiym
fatherless onesnounH3490
orphan
וְ֝/אִשְׁתּ/וֹwəʾišətwō
and wife hisconjH802
each · every · female · many ···
אַלְמָנָֽהʾaləmānāh
a widownounH490
widow
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 109:9

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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