Psalms 109:4
תַּֽחַת ־ אַהֲבָתִי יִשְׂטְנוּנִי וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
In Context
3וְדִבְרֵי שִׂנְאָה סְבָבוּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמוּנִי חִנָּֽם ׃
5וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלַי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה וְשִׂנְאָה תַּחַת אַהֲבָתִֽי ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:31וְדָוִד הִגִּיד לֵאמֹר אֲחִיתֹפֶל בַּקֹּשְׁרִים עִם ־ אַבְשָׁלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד סַכֶּל ־ נָא אֶת ־ עֲצַת אֲחִיתֹפֶל יְהוָֽה ׃
Psalms 35:7כִּֽי ־ חִנָּם טָֽמְנוּ ־ לִי שַׁחַת רִשְׁתָּם חִנָּם חָפְרוּ לְנַפְשִֽׁי ׃
Psalms 38:20וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר ׃
Psalms 69:12וָאֶתְּנָה לְבוּשִׁי שָׂק וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמָשָֽׁל ׃
Daniel 6:10כָּל ־ קֳבֵל דְּנָה מַלְכָּא דָּֽרְיָוֶשׁ רְשַׁם כְּתָבָא וֶאֱסָרָֽא ׃
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 →