Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. There is a regular progression. Having abused his office for wickedness, he has a wicked man set over him, Psalms 109:6; he is condemned, Psalms 109:7; sentence is executed against his life, and another takes his office, Psalms 109:8; and now, in Psalms 109:9-10, the penalty descends upon his children, and, Psalms 109:11-15, his property and his memory are visited.