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Psalm 109:1–5

tBe not silent, O uGod of my praise!

For wicked and vdeceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

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 109:1–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

My God, whom I praise,

do not remain silent,

for people who are wicked and deceitful

have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

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 109:1–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

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.

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 109:1–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

O God, whom I praise,

don’t stand silent and aloof

while the wicked slander me

and tell lies about me.

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 109:1–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Do not keep silent,

O God of my praise!

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful

Have opened against me;

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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 109:1–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

God, I praise you.

Do not be silent.

Wicked people and liars have spoken against me;

they have told lies about me.

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 109:1–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:

They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

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 109:1–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

O God of my praise, be not silent: For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, 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 109:1–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

O God, whom I praise, do not turn a deaf ear to me. 

Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. 

They speak against me with lying tongues. 

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 109:1–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

God of my praise, do not be silent.

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues.

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 109:1–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Do not be silent, O God of my praise.

For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

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 109:1–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

O God of my praise, do not keep silent,

for wicked and deceitful mouths

have opened against me.

They speak to me with a lying tongue.

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 109:1–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

God, I praise you.

Don’t remain silent.

Sinful people who lie and cheat have spoken against me.

They have used their tongues to tell lies about me.

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 109:1–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

O God of my praise,

Do not be silent!

For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

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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