Psalm 109:7
 Psalm 109:7 
New International Version (©2011)
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When he is tried, let him come forth guilty; let his prayer be counted as sin!

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When he is judged, may he be found guilty; may his prayer be regarded as sin.

NET Bible (©2006)
When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And when they are judged they will go out condemned and their prayer will be sin!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When he stands trial, let him be found guilty. Let his prayer be considered sinful.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

American King James Version
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

American Standard Version
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; And let his prayer be turned into sin.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin.

Darby Bible Translation
When he shall be judged, let him go out guilty, and let his prayer become sin;

English Revised Version
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty; and let his prayer be turned into sin.

Webster's Bible Translation
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

World English Bible
When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

Young's Literal Translation
In his being judged, he goeth forth wicked, And his prayer is for sin.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned,.... When he shall be arraigned at the bar of his own conscience, and be charged with the sin of which he is guilty, let conscience, which is as a thousand witnesses, rise up against him, and condemn him; so it did Judas, Matthew 26:1, or when he shall stand before the judgment seat of Christ at the last day,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When he shall be judged ... - When for his offences he shall be arraigned. The psalmist supposes that he "might" be put on trial; he seems to suppose that this "would be." Such wickedness could not always escape detection, and sooner or later he would be arrested and brought to trial. "When" this should occur, the psalmist prays that justice might be done; that he might be condemned, as he "ought" to be. Such a prayer could not in itself be wrong, for assuredly it cannot be proper for magistrates to pray that the wicked man may escape, or that they may themselves fail in the very object for which they are appointed. See the General Introduction, 6 (5) e. f.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Let him be condemned - יצא רשע yetse rasha. "Let him come out a wicked man;" that is let his wickedness be made manifest.

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Geneva Study Bible

When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his {d} prayer become sin.

(d) As to the elect all things turn to their profit, so to the reprobate, even those things that are good, turn to their damnation.


Wesley's Notes

109:7 Sin - Because it is not from his heart.


King James Translators' Notes

be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

7. The condemnation is aggravated when prayer for relief is treated as a sin.


Psalm 109:7 Parallel Commentaries
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God of My Praise, Don't Remain Silent
6Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8Let his days be few; and let another take his office. …

Psalm 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.