16because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.


In Context

13 Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

16 because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them.

17 Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones.

Psalm 109:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

109:16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

109:16For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

109:16because he remembered not to show mercy,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

109:16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

109:16Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

109:16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

109:16Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

109:16Because that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart — to slay,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

109:16Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.