Mazmur 109:10-11

109:10 May his children ¹  roam around begging,

asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! ² 

109:11 May the creditor seize ³  all he owns!

May strangers loot his property! ⁴ 

[109:10]  ¹ tn Or “sons.”

[109:10]  ² tn Heb “and roaming, may his children roam and beg, and seek from their ruins.” Some, following the LXX, emend the term וְדָרְשׁוּ (vÿdoreshu, “and seek”) to יְגֹרְשׁוּ (yÿgoreshu; a Pual jussive, “may they be driven away” [see Job 30:5; cf. NIV, NRSV]), but דָּרַשׁ (darash) nicely parallels שִׁאֵלוּ (shi’elu, “and beg”) in the preceding line.

[109:11]  ³ tn Heb “lay snares for” (see Ps 38:12).

[109:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the product of his labor.”