Psalm 109:8 {108:8}
Good News Translation
May his life soon be ended; may someone else take his job!

New Revised Standard Version
May his days be few; may another seize his position.

Contemporary English Version
Cut his life short and let someone else have his job.

New American Bible
May his days be few; may another take his office.

Douay-Rheims Bible
May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.

his days

Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Matthew 27:5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself with an halter.

another

Acts 1:16-26 Men, brethren, the scripture must needs be fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who was the leader of them that apprehended Jesus: . . .

office.

Context
The Song of the Slandered
7When he is judged, may he go out condemned; and may his prayer be turned to sin. 8May his days be few: and his bishopric let another take.9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.…
Cross References
Acts 1:20
For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take.

Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Psalm 109:7
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