Psalms 109:5

In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

In Context

4I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but instead of being kind to me, they say that I have done evil things.

6They said, “Appoint a wicked judge who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:5He was in danger of being killed when he fought against Goliath, the champion of the Philistia army. By enabling David to kill him, Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David [RHQ]? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!”

2 Samuel 15:31Someone told David that Ahithophel had joined with those who were rebelling against David. So David prayed, “Yahweh, cause whatever Ahithophel suggests to Absalom that he should do to be considered to be foolish!”

Psalms 35:12In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.

Psalms 55:12If it were an enemy who was making fun of me, I could endure it. If it were someone who hates me, who despises me, I could hide from him.

Jeremiah 18:20I am doing things that are good, so it is disgusting that [RHQ] they are paying me back by doing evil things to me. It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into and die. Do not forget that one time I stood in front of you and pleaded for you to help them, and I tried to prevent you from punishing them [MTY], even though you were very angry with them.

Luke 6:16Judas, the son of another James; and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), the one who later ◄betrayed Jesus./enabled the Jewish leaders to seize Jesus.►

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 →

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