John Gill Commentary Psalms 109:11

"Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labor." — Psalms 109:11 (ASV)

Let the extortioner catch all that he has
Or, "lay a snare for all" ^F3 ; as the Romans did, by bringing in their army, invading the land of Judea, and besieging the city of Jerusalem; who are "the extortioner or exacter that demanded tribute of them"; which they refused to pay, and therefore they seized on all they had for it. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "the creditor"; who sometimes for a debt would take wife and children, and all that a man had; see (2 Kings 4:1 2 Kings 4:2) (Matthew 18:25) . It might be literally true of Judas; who dying in debt, his wife and children, and all he had, might be laid hold on for payment.

And let the stranger spoil his labour ;
plunder his house of all his goods and substance he had been labouring for: which was true of the Romans, who were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; who came into the land, and spoiled their houses, fields, and vineyards, they had been labouring in; they took away their place and nation, and all they had, (John 11:48) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F3: (vqny) "illaqueet", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Piscator, Gejerus; "iretiat", Vatablus, Michaelis.