mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. Verse 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. The Apostle Peter quoted verse 8 ("Let another take his office") before the apostles elected the replacement for Judas Iscariot in Acts , appointing Matthias in his place. Verse 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. "Let there be none to extend mercy unto him" or "Let him have none to continue lovingkindness to him as represented in his children"; nor "anyone have pity" on his orphaned children. The phrase "to extend mercy" is translated from , , which can also mean "to draw out mercy" in the sense of "causing it to continue and last" (cf. ; ) Verse 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. "Let his posterity be cut off": or "may his sons die childless" (cf. , ; ). "In the generation following their name be blotted out": or "in the next generation their name be removed from the registry of the citizens" (cf. ). The extinction of a family (name) was considered the most extreme calamity for the Israelites. Verse 31 For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,To save him from those who condemn him.The close of the psalm has God at the right hand of the poor man, in striking contrast with the opening of Psalm 110, where God calls a man to sit at his right hand, made forever like the priest king, Melchizedek. Uses In Judaism Psalm 109 is recited on the day of Parshat Zachor. In political contexts In the United States, verse 8, "May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership", has been used by a number of fundamentalist preachers who use the imprecatory psalm as an imprecatory prayer. Pastor Greg Dixon of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple had invoked it, which had been condemned by others. In 2009, the media reported more widely on its usage in reference to President Barack Obama, by those such as Pastor Wiley Drake. In January 2010, a Florida Sheriff's deputy was suspended for highlighting the passage in another deputy's bible and adding the note "The Obama Prayer" beside it. In January 2012, Kansas Speaker of the House Michael O'Neal sent