Text: Psalms 109:9-15
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 20:5
Subject: Generational judgment (C)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 20 — The Decalogue
Significance: Psalm 109:9-15's imprecation that the enemy's children be fatherless, his family line cut off, and "the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD" draws directly on the second commandment's warning in Exodus 20:5: "I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children" (פֹּקֵד עֲוֺן אָבֹת עַל־בָּנִים, poqed avon avot al-banim). The psalmist asks God to apply this Decalogue principle to a specific adversary, praying that the enemy's family name be "blotted out" (יִמָּח, yimmach) in the next generation. The shared vocabulary of iniquity (עָוֺן) and generational visitation shows the imprecatory psalm operating within the legal framework of Sinai covenant sanctions rather than arbitrary vengeance.
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Text: Exodus 20:5
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 109:9-15
Subject: transgenerational judgment on the wicked
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Exod 20 — The Decalogue
Significance: Exodus 20:5 declares that God "visits the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation" (עַל שִׁלֵּשִׁים וְעַל רִבֵּעִים, al shilleshim ve'al ribbe'im) of those who hate Him. Psalm 109:9-15 applies this principle in an imprecatory prayer: "May his children be fatherless... may the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD." The psalmist invokes the Decalogue's transgenerational judgment principle as the theological basis for his request—the wicked man's descendants should bear consequences because the second commandment establishes this as a legitimate dimension of divine justice. The psalm operationalizes the Exodus warning in the context of personal lament and appeals for vindication.
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Text: Exodus 20:5
OT Text Referred to: Psalm 109:9
Subject: request for transgenerational judgment
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Exod 20 — The Decalogue
Significance: Exodus 20:5 warns of iniquity visited on children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate God, and Psalm 109:9 applies this in an imprecatory petition: "May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow." The psalmist's appeal for transgenerational consequences upon his persecutor draws on the theological framework established in the second commandment—God's justice extends beyond a single generation when dealing with persistent covenant-breakers. The imprecatory psalm does not invent a novel concept but applies the Decalogue's own stated principle of generational judgment to a specific case of unrepentant wickedness.