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Psalm 109:4–5

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4In return for my love they xaccuse me,

but I ygive myself to prayer.1

5So they zreward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Hebrew but I am prayer

Cross references

  1. xPs. 38:20
  2. y[Ps. 69:13]
  3. zSee Ps. 35:12

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In return for my love they accuse me,

but I continue to pray.

They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.