KJV ORIGINAL
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Let his children wander around homeless and have to beg for food, searching for something to eat in empty, ruined places.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is calling for his enemy's children to suffer poverty and homelessness as part of his curse against those who have wronged him.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm is attributed to David and contains some of the harshest curse language in the Bible, reflecting the ancient Near Eastern practice of calling down divine judgment on enemies. In David's time, a person's descendants sharing in their punishment was seen as complete justice, and being reduced to begging was considered one of the most shameful fates possible.
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