Psalms 109:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Psalms 109:4

2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a ^alying tongue.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And fought against me ^awithout a cause.

4 In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.

5 Thus ^athey have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

6 Set a wicked man over him,
And let ^aan accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
And ^alet his prayer become sin.

8 Let his days be ^afew,
And ^blet another take his office.

9 ^aLet his children be fatherless,
And his wife a widow.

10 Let his children¹ continually be vagabonds, and beg;
Let them¹ seek their bread also from their desolate places.

11 ^aLet the creditor seize all that he has,
And let strangers plunder his labor.

12 Let there be none to extend mercy to him,
Nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children.

13 ^aLet his¹ posterity be cut off,
And in the generation following let their ^bname be blotted out.

14 ^aLet the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord,
And let not the sin of his mother ^bbe blotted out.

15 Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may ^acut off the memory of them from the earth;

Verse Comparison: Psalms 109:4

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American Standard Version
For my love they are my adversaries: But I `give myself unto' prayer.

Amplified® Bible
In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer.

Contemporary English Version
I had pity and prayed for my enemies, but their words to me were harsh and cruel.

Darby English Version
For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

Good News Bible
They oppose me, even though I love them and have prayed for them.

King James Version
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

New American Standard Bible
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am {in} prayer.

New International Version
In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.

New King James Version
In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I pray to You.

Revised Standard Version
In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them.

Young's Literal Translation
For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

New English Translation
They repay my love with accusations,¹ but I continue to pray.²

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