Psalms 109:3
1 O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 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.
4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
- KJV
- They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- WEB
- They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
- ASV
- They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
- DARBY
- And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
- BLB
- and with words of hatred they surround me, and they fight me without cause.
- ÅB
- Og med hatets ord har de omgitt meg og stridt imot meg uten årsak.
- OTB
- De har omringet meg med hatets ord,
Og kjempet mot meg uten grunn. - B1930
- Og med hatets ord har de omgitt mig og stridt imot mig uten årsak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
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For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
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For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
Read in contextJohn 15:24–25
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
Read in contextPsalms 88:17
All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
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And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
Read in contextPsalms 17:11
They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
Read in context1 Samuel 26:18
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
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