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Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.
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A Curse of Total Ruin
Commentators explain that this curse is a vivid picture of total financial ruin. The psalmist prays for his enemy to be ensnared by a predatory lender (an 'extortioner' or 'usurer') who would legally seize all his property. Then, foreigners ('strangers') would come and plunder whatever was left, leaving the enemy with nothing to show for his life's work.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath—literally, “Let the extortioner cast a snare over all that he hath;” that is, l…
19th Century
Anglican
Let the extortioner. —Better, let the usurer lay traps to catch all that he has. So Timon:
“Let prisons swallow the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let the extortioner catch all that he has Or, "lay a snare for all" F3 ; as the Romans did, by bringing i…
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