11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
11 May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
11 May the bank foreclose and wipe him out, and strangers, like vultures, pick him clean.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.
11 May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:11
Commentary on Psalm 109:6-20
(Read Psalm 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.