Psalm 109:5 “They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”

Psalm 109:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

World English Bible

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

American Standard Version

And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they haue rewarded me euil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

Darby Translation

And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Young's Literal Translation

And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

Bible in Basic English

They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

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Cross references

“they”

Proverbs 17:13 Psalm 35:7–12 Genesis 44:4

Proverbs 17:13 · BSB

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

Psalm 35:7–12 · BSB

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

Genesis 44:4 · BSB

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?

“hatred”

Psalm 55:12–15 2 Samuel 15:31 2 Samuel 15:12 Luke 6:16 John 13:18 Mark 14:44

Psalm 55:12–15 · BSB

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.

2 Samuel 15:31 · BSB

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

2 Samuel 15:12 · BSB

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.

Luke 6:16 · BSB

Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

John 13:18 · BSB

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

Mark 14:44 · BSB

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The One I kiss is the man; arrest Him and lead Him away securely.”

Also

Psalm 38:20

Psalm 38:20 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

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

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