Psalms 109:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:20 : 20 They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 [But Jesus said,“Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.”] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
  • Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call out to God, and the LORD will deliver me. 17 During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.
  • Ps 69:12-13 : 12 Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs. 13 O LORD, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
  • Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus. 12 Choosing the Twelve Apostles Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.
  • 2 Sam 15:31-32 : 31 Now David had been told,“Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed,“Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O LORD. 32 When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
  • Ps 35:7 : 7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 109:5
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    5They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    81%

    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

    3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

  • Ps 109:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

    21O sovereign LORD, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Ps 25:19
    76%

    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

  • Ps 38:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

    20They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.

  • Ps 139:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

    21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?

    22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies!

  • Ps 71:10
    73%

    10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

  • Ps 102:8
    73%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

  • Ps 55:3
    73%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 35:12
    72%

    12They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

  • Matt 5:44
    72%

    44But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    72%

    41You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

  • Job 19:19
    72%

    19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.

  • Ps 41:7
    72%

    7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.

  • Job 16:10
    71%

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Ps 17:9
    71%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • Ps 120:7
    71%

    7I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war.

  • Ps 13:4
    71%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Ps 54:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

    3For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.(Selah)

  • Ps 7:4
    71%

    4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

  • Ps 71:13
    71%

    13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

  • Ps 18:40
    71%

    40You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

  • Ps 35:15
    70%

    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

  • Jer 18:20
    70%

    20Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

  • Ps 38:12
    70%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 35:19
    70%

    19Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

  • Ps 56:2
    70%

    2Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

  • Ps 119:157
    70%

    157The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

  • Ps 119:139
    70%

    139My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions.

  • Jer 18:23
    70%

    23But you, LORD, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry!

  • Ps 59:3
    70%

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 35:4
    70%

    4May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!

  • Ps 35:1
    70%

    1By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!

  • Ps 41:10
    70%

    10As for you, O LORD, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!”

  • Ps 3:1
    70%

    1A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

  • Lam 3:52
    69%

    52צ(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

  • Ps 40:14
    69%

    14May 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!

  • Ps 59:1
    69%

    1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

  • Lam 3:62
    69%

    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

  • Ps 70:2
    69%

    2May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed!