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Psalms 109:9
Psalms 109:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 109, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
King James Version
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
World English Bible
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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Psalms 109:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8 May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 22:24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Lamentations 5:3We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.