Psalms 109:5

3 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.

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

6 Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.

7 When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
KJV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
WEB
They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
ASV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
DARBY
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
BLB
and they set against me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
ÅB
Og de la ondt på meg til lønn for godt og hat til lønn for min kjærlighet.
OTB
Slik har de gjengjeldt meg ondt for godt,
Og fiendskap for min kjærlighet.
B1930
Og de la ondt på mig til lønn for godt og hat til lønn for min kjærlighet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 38:20

    Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

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  • Proverbs 17:13

    If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

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  • Psalms 55:12–15

    For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

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  • Genesis 44:4

    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

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  • 2 Samuel 15:31

    Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

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  • Psalms 35:7–12

    For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

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  • 2 Samuel 15:12

    While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

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  • Luke 22:47–48

    While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.

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