Psalms 109:13

“Let his posterity be cut off, etc.] As the seed of the wicked are said to be, (<193728>Psalm 37:28), or cut down, as a tree to the very root; as the Jewish nation was by the axe of God’s judgment, which, John says, was laid to the root of the tree, and the blow just going to be given, as it was in a few years after, (<400310>Matthew 3:10) or, as the Targum, “let his end be for destruction;” and so the Syriac version, “let their end be for destruction”; their last end, which it is said shall be cut off, and issue in death, eternal death; when the end of a good man is peace and eternal life, (see <193737>Psalm 37:37,38 <450621> Romans 6:21). And in the generation following let their name be…”

“Let his posterity be cut off - To have a numerous posterity, to have the name and family perpetuated, was regarded among the Hebrews as one of the greatest and most desirable blessings. Hence, to pray that all one’s family might be cut off was one of the severest forms of malediction which could be employed. And in the generation following - The very next generation. Let not his family be perpetuated at all. Let their name be blotted out - As a name is erased from a catalogue or muster-roll when one dies. return to 'Top of Page'”

“109:13 If one’s family name was blotted out, it meant there was no offspring to carry on the family name or remember its history (see Prov 10:7).”

“Let his: Psa 37:28; Sa1 2:31-33, Sa1 3:13; Kg2 10:10, Kg2 10:11; Job 18:19; Isa 14:20-22; Jer 22:30 their name: Deu 9:14, Deu 25:19, Deu 29:20; Pro 10:7 Psalms 109:14”