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An abandoned ancient household sits silent.
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Psalms 109:9-15

may their name be blotted out

In return for my love, they accuse me · Psalms 109

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9May his sons be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

10May his children wander about and beg; may they seek among their ruins.

11May a creditor seize all that belongs to him, and may strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

12Let there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to show favor to his fatherless children.

13May his posterity be cut off; in the next generation may their name be blotted out.

14May the guilt of his fathers be remembered before Yahweh, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out.

15May they be before Yahweh continually, and may he cut off their memory from the earth.

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