Psalm 109:2-5
New English Translation
2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;
they lie to me.[a]
3 They surround me and say hateful things;[b]
they attack me for no reason.
4 They repay my love with accusations,[c]
but I continue to pray.[d]
5 They repay me evil for good,[e]
and hate for love.
Footnotes
- Psalm 109:2 tn Heb “for a mouth of evil and a mouth of deceit against me they open, they speak with me [with] a tongue of falsehood.”
- Psalm 109:3 tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”
- Psalm 109:4 tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”
- Psalm 109:4 tn Heb “and I, prayer.”
- Psalm 109:5 tn Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”
Psalm 109:2-5
New International Version
2 for people who are wicked and deceitful(A)
have opened their mouths against me;
they have spoken against me with lying tongues.(B)
3 With words of hatred(C) they surround me;
they attack me without cause.(D)
4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,
but I am a man of prayer.(E)
5 They repay me evil for good,(F)
and hatred for my friendship.
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