Psalms 109:4
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
In Context
3They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Psalms 69:12Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards.
Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 109:2-6
Appeal to God Against Enemies. 1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. It is the unspeakable comfort of all good people that, whoever is against them, God… Read the whole commentary →