Psalm 109:12
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New International Version (©2011)
May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor any to pity his fatherless children!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.

International Standard Version (©2012)
May no one extend gracious love to him, or show favor to his fatherless children.

NET Bible (©2006)
May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
No one will be compassionate to them, neither will there be one to show mercy to their orphans.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Let no one be kind to him anymore. Let no one show any pity to his fatherless children.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

American King James Version
Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

American Standard Version
Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Douay-Rheims Bible
May there be none to help him: nor none to pity his fatherless offspring.

Darby Bible Translation
Let there be none to extend kindness unto him, neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children;

English Revised Version
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him; neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

World English Bible
Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath none to extend kindness, Nor is there one showing favour to his orphans.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

109:6-20 The Lord Jesus may speak here as a Judge, denouncing sentence on some of his enemies, to warn others. When men reject the salvation of Christ, even their prayers are numbered among their sins. See what hurries some to shameful deaths, and brings the families and estates of others to ruin; makes them and theirs despicable and hateful, and brings poverty, shame, and misery upon their posterity: it is sin, that mischievous, destructive thing. And what will be the effect of the sentence, Go, ye cursed, upon the bodies and souls of the wicked! How it will affect the senses of the body, and the powers of the soul, with pain, anguish, horror, and despair! Think on these things, sinners, tremble and repent.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - Let there be none to extend (literally, continue) mercy unto him. In his need, let none of his neighbors continue to show him mercy and loving-kindness. Let them stand aloof, and remain passive, while punishment overtakes him. Neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. Let them too be suffered to endure the woes which come naturally upon them (see ver. 10) through their father's fault, without any one thinking it necessary, because they arc fatherless, to show them favor.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let there be none to extend mercy unto him,.... No pity is ever expressed at hearing or reading the sad case of Judas; and though the Jews were pitied of those that carried them captive to Babylon, Psalm 106:46, yet, in their last destruction by the Romans, no mercy was shown them; the wrath of God and man came upon them to the uttermost, 1 Thessalonians 2:16.

Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children: to bestow any benefit upon them; to relieve their wants, nor to protect their persons; no more respect shown them than to their father, being shunned and hated for their father's sake.

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God of My Praise, Don't Remain Silent
…11Let the extortionist catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labor. 12Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. 13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. …

Ezra 7:28 and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king's powerful officials. Because the hand of the LORD my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Ezra 9:9 Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
Job 5:4 His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.