Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.

Ver. 11. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath] As it were in nets and snares, that is, in bonds, debts, mortgages; so Chrysostom expoundeth Psalms 10:9. Et ipsum et omnes eius facultates inexplicabilibus suis laqueis immites foeneratores irretiant, Let the merciless usurer make a prey of him and his estate.

And let the stranger, &c.] Who hath no right to it, and will show as little mercy. The Chaldee here hath it, Colligat fiscus omnia quae ipsius sunt. And Quae non capit Christus, rapit fiscus, saith Bernard.

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