Psalms 109:9 · KJV
“Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.”
— Psalms 109:9
Let his days be few; {and} let another take his office. {office: or, charge}
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places.
Psalms 109 — Context
When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. {be condemned: Heb. go out guilty, or, wicked}
8Let his days be few; {and} let another take his office. {office: or, charge}
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek {their bread} also out of their desolate places.
11Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24
And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their {blood} by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and {be} widows; and let their men be put to death; {let} their young men {be} slain by the sword in battle. {pour...: Heb. pour them out}
Lamentations 5:3
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers {are} as widows.