Psalms 109:4

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

WEB

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.

ASV

For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

LSV

For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!

YLT

For my love they oppose me, and I — prayer!

DBY

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.

DRC108:4

Instead of making me a return of love, they detracted me: but I gave myself to prayer.

GNV

For my friendship they were mine aduersaries, but I gaue my selfe to praier.

JPS

In return for my love they are my adversaries; but I am all prayer.

LXXE108:4

Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.Or, in return for my love.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִ֥י יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי וַאֲנִ֥י תְפִלָּֽה׃

LXX-Br108:4

Ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀγαπᾷν με, ἐνδιέβαλλόν με, ἐγὼ δὲ προσηυχόμην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 38:20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
• Psalms 69:12–13Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of drunkards. But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
• Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
• Psalms 55:16–17But I call to God, and the LORD saves me. Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
• Luke 6:11–12But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus. In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
• Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
• 2 Corinthians 12:15And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
• John 10:32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to…
• 2 Samuel 15:31–32Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!” When David came to the summit, where he used to worship…
• 2 Samuel 13:39And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death.

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