Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 109:12
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children.
12. Let him have none to continue lovingkindness to him as represented in his children; nor any one to have pity on his orphans.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him – Let him find compassion and sympathy in no one. When he suffers, let him be left to bear it alone. Let there be none found to shed a tear of compassion over him, or to relieve him. Literally, Let there be no one to draw out kindness to him.
Neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children – To show them mercy or kindness. See the notes at Psa 109:10.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Let him and his be unpitied and hated as the public enemies of mankind.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Let there be none to extend mercy unto him,…. No pity is ever expressed at hearing or reading the sad case of Judas; and though the Jews were pitied of those that carried them captive to Babylon,
Ps 106:46, yet, in their last destruction by the Romans, no mercy was shown them; the wrath of God and man came upon them to the uttermost, 1Th 2:16.
Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children: to bestow any benefit upon them; to relieve their wants, nor to protect their persons; no more respect shown them than to their father, being shunned and hated for their father’s sake.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
12 Let there be none prolonging mercy to him. To continue to show humanity and mercy is, according to the Hebrew idiom, equivalent to constant and successive acts of kindness; and it also sometimes denotes pity, or the being moved to sympathy, when, through the lapse of years, anger is appeased, and even one’s calamity melts the heart of the man who bore hatred towards him. (309) Accordingly, there are some who understand this clause to mean, that there will be none to show kindness to his offspring; which interpretation is in conformity with the next clause of the verse. David, however, includes also the wicked man himself along with his children; as if he should say, Though he visibly pine away under such calamities, and these descend to his children, yet let no one show pity towards them. We are aware it not unfrequently happens, that the long-continued misfortune of an enemy either excites the sympathy of men of savage dispositions, or else makes them forget all their hatred and malevolence. But in this part of the psalm, David expresses a desire that his enemy and all his posterity may be so hated and detested, that the people may never be wearied with beholding the calamities which they endure, but may become so familiarised with the spectacle, as if their hearts were of iron. At the same time, let it be remarked, that David is not rashly excited by any personal anguish to speak in this manner, but that it is as God’s messenger he declares the punishment which was impending over the ungodly. And verily the law accounts it as one of the judgments of God, his hardening men’s hearts, so that they who have been passionately and unmercifully cruel, should find no sympathy, Deu 2:30. It is just that the same measure which they have used towards others, should also be meted out to themselves.
(309) “ Et mesmes la calamite de quelqu’un amollit le ceur de celuy qui luy portoit haine.” — Fr.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
12. Let there be none to extend mercy There shall be none. The word “extend” takes the sense of lengthened time, as Psa 36:10, “O continue,” etc. Psa 85:5, “Wilt thou draw out,” etc. Pro 13:12, “Hope deferred,” etc. And the quality of mercy here denoted is that of requital remitting the claim of a creditor as in 2Sa 9:1 ; 2Sa 9:3; 2Sa 9:7 ; 2Sa 10:2; 1Ki 2:7. The idea is, that the life and character of the father had been such as awakened no regrets at his downfall, and none felt obligated to requite his acts with favour, or to prolong kindness to his family for the father’s sake. In the divine constitution this is a penal consequence of accumulating wealth by a merciless and unprincipled life. Pro 21:13; Pro 28:8; Jas 2:13
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 109:12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Ver. 12. Let there be none to extend mercy to him ] Let God in his justice set off all hearts from him that had been so unreasonably merciless. Thus no man opened his mouth to intercede for Haman; Judas was shaken off by the priests, and bid see to himself, &c.
Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mercy = kindness, or grace.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
none: Isa 27:11, Luk 6:38, Jam 2:13
favour: Psa 137:8, Psa 137:9, Isa 13:18, Mat 27:25, Luk 11:50, Luk 11:51
Reciprocal: Est 9:10 – ten sons