Psalms 109:5
They repay me evil for good, And hatred for love.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
In Context
4For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.
6Set thou a wicked man over him, And let an adversary stand at his right hand!
Cross References
Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good; They cause bereavement to my soul.
Psalms 55:12It was not an enemy that reviled me, Then I could have borne it; Nor one that hated me, who rose up against me; From him I could have hid myself.
Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be returned for good? For they have digged a pit for me. Remember how I have stood before thee, To announce good to them, And to turn away thy wrath from them!
Luke 6:16and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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 →