Psalms 109:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 38:20 : 20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
2 Cor 12:15 : 15 And I will most gladly spend and be spent for {G5590} your souls. If {G2532} I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Ps 69:12-13 : 12 They that sit in the gate talk of me; And [I am] the song of the drunkards. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
Dan 6:10 : 10 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
2 Sam 13:39 : 39 And [the soul of] king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
2 Sam 15:31-32 : 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 32 And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.
Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
Ps 35:12 : 12 They reward me evil for good, [To] the bereaving of my soul.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 109:5
85%
5And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
Ps 109:2-3
2 verses
81%
2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.
3They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.
Ps 109:20-22
3 verses
76%
20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.
21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 25:19
76%
19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.
Ps 38:19-20
2 verses
75%
19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Ps 139:20-22
3 verses
75%
20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
Ps 71:10
73%
10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,
Ps 102:8
73%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Ps 69:4
73%
4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
Ps 55:3
73%
3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.
Ps 56:5-6
2 verses
72%
5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
Ps 35:12
72%
12They reward me evil for good, [To] the bereaving of my soul.
Matt 5:44
72%
44but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
2 Sam 22:41
72%
41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Job 19:19
72%
19All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
Ps 41:7
72%
7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise my hurt.
Job 16:10
71%
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Ps 17:9
71%
9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.
Ps 120:7
71%
7I am [for] peace: But when I speak, they are for war.
Ps 13:4
71%
4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 54:2-3
2 verses
71%
2Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {H5542}
Ps 7:4
71%
4If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
Ps 71:13
71%
13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Ps 18:40
71%
40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.
Ps 35:15
70%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
Jer 18:20
70%
20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Ps 38:12
70%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 35:19
70%
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Ps 56:2
70%
2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me.
Ps 119:157
70%
157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.
Ps 119:139
70%
139My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
Jer 18:23
70%
23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.
Ps 59:3
70%
3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
Ps 35:4
70%
4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Ps 35:1
70%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
Ps 41:10
70%
10But thou, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me, and raise me up, That I may requite them.
Ps 3:1
70%
1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
Lam 3:52
69%
52They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.
Ps 40:14
69%
14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Ps 59:1
69%
1For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.
Lam 3:62
69%
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Ps 70:2
69%
2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.