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Psalm 109:3–5

They encircle me with words of hate,

and attack me wwithout cause.

In return for my love they xaccuse me,

but I ygive myself to prayer.1

So they zreward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

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Psalm 109:3–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

In 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.

Psalm 109:3–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

They compassed me about also with words of hatred;

And fought against me without a cause.

For my love they are my adversaries:

But I give myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

They surround me with hateful words

and fight against me for no reason.

I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations

even as I am praying for them!

They repay evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

In return for my love they are my accusers,

But I give myself to prayer.

Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

They have said hateful things about me

and attack me for no reason.

They attacked me, even though I loved them

and prayed for them.

I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.

I loved them, but they hate me in return.

Psalm 109:3–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

For my love they are my adversaries:

But I give myself unto prayer.

And they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

They surround me with hateful words. 

They fight against me for no reason. 

In return for my love, they accuse me, 

but I pray for them.

They reward me with evil instead of good 

and with hatred instead of love. 

Psalm 109:3–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They surround me with hateful words

and attack me without cause.

In return for my love they accuse me,

but I continue to pray.

They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

They beset me with words of hate,

and attack me without cause.

In return for my love they accuse me,

even while I make prayer for them.

So they reward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They also surround me with words of hate,

and fight me without cause.

In return for my love they accuse me,

though I am in prayer.

So they inflicted evil against me in return for good

and hatred in return for my love.

Psalm 109:3–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They gather all around me with their words of hatred.

They attack me without any reason.

They bring charges against me,

even though I love them

and pray for them.

They pay me back with evil for the good things I do.

They pay back my love with hatred.

Psalm 109:3–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without cause.

In return for my love they act as my accusers;

But I am in prayer.

Thus they have repaid me evil for good

And hatred for my love.


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