His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

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His children(A) are far from safety,(B)
    crushed in court(C) without a defender.(D)

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Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

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Blessed is the man
    whose quiver is full of them.(A)
They will not be put to shame
    when they contend with their opponents(B) in court.(C)

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155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

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155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
    for they do not seek out(A) your decrees.

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Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

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Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent,(B) you too will all perish.”

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12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(A)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(B)
    and deprive the poor(C) of justice in the courts.(D)

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Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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May his children be fatherless
    and his wife a widow.(A)
10 May his children be wandering beggars;(B)
    may they be driven[a] from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor(C) seize all he has;
    may strangers plunder(D) the fruits of his labor.(E)
12 May no one extend kindness to him
    or take pity(F) on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off,(G)
    their names blotted out(H) from the next generation.
14 May the iniquity of his fathers(I) be remembered before the Lord;
    may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 May their sins always remain before(J) the Lord,
    that he may blot out their name(K) from the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:10 Septuagint; Hebrew sought

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

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or they will tear me apart like a lion(A)
    and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue(B) me.

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14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

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14 However many his children,(A) their fate is the sword;(B)
    his offspring will never have enough to eat.(C)

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16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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16 His roots dry up below(A)
    and his branches wither above.(B)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(C)
    he has no name(D) in the land.(E)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(F)
    and is banished(G) from the world.(H)
19 He has no offspring(I) or descendants(J) among his people,
    no survivor(K) where once he lived.(L)

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Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

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though you know that I am not guilty(A)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?(B)

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If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

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When your children sinned against him,
    he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.(A)

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10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

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10 The lions may roar(A) and growl,
    yet the teeth of the great lions(B) are broken.(C)
11 The lion perishes for lack of prey,(D)
    and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.(E)

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19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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19 when suddenly a mighty wind(A) swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead,(B) and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!(C)

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