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Psalm 109:4–5

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109:4They repay my love with accusations,4

but I continue to pray.5

109:5They repay me evil for good,6

and hate for love.

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”
  2. 5 Heb “and I, prayer.”
  3. 6 Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In return for my love they accuse me,

but I give myself to prayer.

So they reward me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

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.