Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
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Gill's Exposition
Their fruit shall thou destroy from the earth,.... Meaning the offspring of wicked men; the fruit of the womb, Psa 127:3; the same with their seed in the next clause:
and their seed from among the…
Barnes' Notes
Their fruit - Their offspring; their children; their posterity, for so the parallelism demands. The “fruit” is that which the tree produces; and hence, the word comes to be applied to children as the…
The psalmist, having taught his people to look back with joy and praise on what God had done for him and them, here teaches them to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer, upon what God would…
Cambridge Bible
Even their posterity shall be utterly destroyed. Cp. Psa 9:5; Psa 37:28. Fruit= children, -the fruit of the womb" (Lam 2:20).
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