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Psalms 109:5
5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
Psalms 109:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Thus they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They repay evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Context of Psalms 109:5
3With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship. 6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:5 word by word
וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ עָלַ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:5
- Psalms 35:7Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
- Genesis 44:4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- Proverbs 17:13Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good.
- Psalms 55:12If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.
- 2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from Giloh, his hometown. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept on increasing.
- Mark 14:44Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.”
- Luke 6:16Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
- Luke 22:47While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,
- John 13:18“I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’
Commentaries on Psalms 109:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And they have rewarded me evil for good - literally, “They have placed against me.” They have put it in my way; it is what they had to set before me. See the notes at Psalm 35:12, where the same expression occurs. And hatred for my love - Instead of loving me in return for my love, they have met me with the expressions of hatred. This often occurred in the life of David; it was constant in the life of the Saviour; it is habitually manifested by people…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The psalmist shows kindness and godliness (see Psalm 35:12–14), but faces stubborn opposition and hatred.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. They return evil for good (compare Psa 27:12; Pr 17:13). I give myself unto prayer--or literally, "I (am) prayer," or, "as for me, prayer," that is, it is my resource for comfort in distress.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 109
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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