6 Set a wicked man over him.
Let an adversary stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him come forth guilty.
Let his prayer be turned into sin. 8 Let his days be few.
Let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless,
and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be wandering beggars.
Let them be sought from their ruins. 11 Let the creditor seize all that he has.
Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him,
neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off.
In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 109:6-13
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.