Psalms 109:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

This pəʿullat śōṭənay from-YHWH and-the-ones-dōbərîm raʿ against-napšî.

Grammar Details

• *pəʿullat*: noun, feminine singular construct - reward/wages of
• *śōṭənay*: participle, qal masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my accusers/adversaries
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *dōbərîm*: participle, qal masculine plural with definite article - the ones speaking
• *raʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil
• *napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *pəʿullat*: wages/reward/recompense
• *śōṭənay*: my accusers/my adversaries/those hostile to me
• *raʿ*: evil/bad/harmful

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 17:23 : 23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.
• 2 Sam 18:32 : 32 The king asked the Cushite,“How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied,“May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you be like that young man!”
• 1 Kgs 2:44 : 44 Then the king said to Shimei,“You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The LORD will punish you for what you did.
• Ps 2:5-6 : 5 Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying, 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you. 9 You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them. 10 You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race. 11 Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed. 12 For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.
• Ps 40:14-15 : 14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! 15 May those who say to me,“Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!
• Ps 71:10 : 10 For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.
• Ps 94:23 : 23 He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the LORD our God will destroy them.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 A psalm of David. Here is the LORD’s proclamation to my lord:“Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!”
• Ps 110:5-6 : 5 O Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger. 6 He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
• Matt 12:24 : 24 But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”
• Matt 26:66-67 : 66 What is your verdict?” They answered,“He is guilty and deserves death.” 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
• Mark 9:39 : 39 But Jesus said,“Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!’”
• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says,“Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say,“Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
• 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds.