May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
- KJV Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- ESV May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
- NKJV Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder his labor.
- NASB May the creditor seize everything that he has, And may strangers plunder the product of his labor.
- NLT May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.
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Quick answer
David asks that creditors seize everything the wicked man owns and strangers plunder his earnings. The oppressor who robbed others is repaid in kind.
Overview
Because this enemy 'persecuted the poor and needy' (v. 16), the prayer asks that he be stripped of his gains by the same forces he showed no mercy. It reflects the biblical principle that the unjust reap what they sow (Galatians 6:7). God's justice ensures that ill-gotten wealth provides no lasting security.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
- Deut 28:50–51a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
- Deut 28:29and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
- Deut 28:33–34A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
- Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- Job 18:9–19A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
- Judg 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
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