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Psalm 109[a]

For the music director, a psalm of David.

109 O God whom I praise, do not ignore me.[b]
For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;
they lie to me.[c]
They surround me and say hateful things;[d]
they attack me for no reason.
They repay my love with accusations,[e]
but I continue to pray.[f]
They repay me evil for good,[g]
and hate for love.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 109:1 sn Psalm 109. Appealing to God’s justice, the psalmist asks God to vindicate him and to bring severe judgment down upon his enemies.
  2. Psalm 109:1 tn Heb “do not be deaf.”
  3. 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.”
  4. Psalm 109:3 tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”
  5. Psalm 109:4 tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”
  6. Psalm 109:4 tn Heb “and I, prayer.”
  7. Psalm 109:5 tn Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”