Tree of Life Version
Psalms 109:3
3with hateful words surrounded me, and fought against me without cause.
Psalms 109:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- New International Version (NIV)With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Context of Psalms 109:3
1For the music director, a psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent. 2For the wicked and the deceitful have opened their mouth against me. They spoke to me with a lying tongue, with hateful words surrounded me, and fought against me without cause. 4In return for my love they are my accusers, but I am in prayer. 5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Read all of Psalms 109Psalms 109:3 word by word
וְדִבְרֵ֣י שִׂנְאָ֣ה סְבָב֑וּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִי חִנָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 109:3
- Psalms 17:11Our steps are now surrounded. They set their eyes to throw us down to the ground,
- Psalms 22:12Be not far from me! For trouble is near— there is no one to help.
- Psalms 88:17Your fury has swept over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
- 2 Samuel 16:7Thus Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out! The man of bloodshed, the good-for-nothing!
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 59:3Deliver me from workers of iniquity. Rescue me from bloodthirsty men.
- Psalms 69:4I am worn out by my crying, my throat is parched, my eyes fail, waiting for my God.
- 1 Samuel 19:4So Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “May the king not sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial for you;
- 1 Samuel 26:18then added, “Yet why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- 2 Samuel 15:12Also Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor from his town Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. So the conspiracy gained momentum for the people following Absalom continued to increase.
- John 15:24If I had not done works among them that no one else did, they would have no sin. But now they have seen and have hated both Me and My Father.
Commentaries on Psalms 109:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3They compassed me about also with words of hatred - They attacked me on every side; they assailed me, not merely in one form and direction, but in every form, and in every direction. I could turn no way - I could go nowhere - where I did not encounter these slanderous reports. And fought against me without a cause - Contended against me, or fought against me, with “words.” They sought to do me all the harm they could. The phrase “without a cause “means…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31The psalmist starts this lament by accusing his accusers of repaying good with evil (Psalm 109:1–5). At the end of the psalm, he prays to the Lord, seeking protection (Psalm 109:21–25) and vengeance (109:26–31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. (Compare Psa 35:7; 69:4).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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