Psalms 109:5
Evil for good they reward me, and hatred for my love.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
In Context
4My love they requite with hostility, while for them I lift up my prayer.
6“Set over him one who is godless,” they say, “an opponent at his right hand.
Cross References
Psalms 35:12Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.
Psalms 55:12The taunts were not those of a foe that I could have borne; the disdain was not that of an enemy I could have shunned them:
Luke 6:16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who proved 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 →