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In return for my love they slander me,
    even though I prayed for them.
They repay me evil for good,
    hatred for my love.(A)

II

Appoint an evil one over him,
    an accuser[a] to stand at his right hand,

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Footnotes

  1. 109:6 An accuser: Hebrew satan, a word occurring in Job 1–2 and Zec 3:1–2. In the latter passage Satan stands at the right hand of the high priest to bring false accusations against him before God. Here the accuser is human.

In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(A)
They repay me evil for good,(B)
    and hatred for my friendship.

Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;
    let an accuser(C) stand at his right hand.

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