Psalms 109:12

¹⁰ Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

¹¹ Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

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

¹³ Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴ Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
KJV: Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
WEB: Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, neither let there be anyone to have pity on his fatherless children.
ASV: Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.
DARBY: Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;
BLB: None shall there be for him extending kindness, and none shall there be showing favor to his fatherless.

ÅB: La ham ikke finne noen som bevarer miskunnhet imot ham og la ingen forbarme seg over hans farløse barn!
OTB: Måtte det ikke være noen som viser ham godhet,
Heller ikke noen som viser nåde mot hans foreldreløse barn.
B1930: La ham ikke finne nogen som bevarer miskunnhet imot ham og la ingen forbarme sig over hans farløse barn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 137:8–9
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
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James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
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Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
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Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
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Luke 11:50–51
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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Isaiah 9:17
Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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