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Selected Verse: Psalms 109:12 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 109:12	Strong Concordance	Let there be none to extend [04900] mercy [02617] unto him: neither let there be any to favour [02603] his fatherless children [03490].
	King James	Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

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¹⁰ Let his children [01121] be continually [05128] vagabonds [05128], and beg [07592]: let them seek [01875] their bread also out of their desolate places [02723].