Text -- Psalms 109:1-5 (NET)

Psalm 109

109:1 For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me! 109:2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me. 109:3 They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason. 109:4 They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray. 109:5 They repay me evil for good, and hate for love.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 109:1

¹ sn Psalm 109. Appealing to God’s justice, the psalmist asks God to vindicate him and to bring severe judgment down upon his enemies.

² tn Heb “do not be deaf.”

NET Notes: Psa 109:2

¹ tn Heb “for a mouth of evil and a mouth of deceit against me they open, they speak with me [with] a tongue of falsehood.”

NET Notes: Psa 109:3

¹ tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”

NET Notes: Psa 109:4

¹ tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

² tn Heb “and I, prayer.”

NET Notes: Psa 109:5

¹ tn Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”