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Psalm 109:8

Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

6Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.
7When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
8Let his days be few. Let another take his office.
9Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
10Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.
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Notice

The plea for few days and a lost office can unsettle you: in this psalm of accusation, judgment reaches a man’s life and position.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Acts 1:16–26“Brothers, it was necessary that this Scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was guide …Acts applies David’s Scripture to Judas, connecting this plea for judgment with the man who guided Jesus’ captors.
Psalm 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.Both passages speak of shortened lives under judgment; Psalm 55 names bloodthirsty and deceitful men and expresses trust in God.
1 Kings 2:35The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.Both passages concern an office passing to another person; Kings records replacements in military and priestly leadership.
Matthew 27:5He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.Both passages concern a man’s death; Matthew recounts Judas’s death, while the psalm asks for a man’s life to end.
Daniel 11:7“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place, who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and …Both texts speak of someone taking another’s place, though Daniel describes military conflict and the psalm asks for judgment.
Luke 19:26‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.The shared thread is loss: the psalm specifies an office, while Luke speaks more broadly of what someone has being taken away.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. sermon or Bible study notes.

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Encouragement

These words ask for death and removal from office. Their place in a prayer leaves judgment before God; they give you no warrant to harm someone.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).