Psalms 109:2-4

Context

109:2 For they say cruel and deceptive things to me;

they lie to me.¹

109:3 They surround me and say hateful things;²

they attack me for no reason.

109:4 They repay my love with accusations,³

but I continue to pray.⁴

[109:2] ¹tn Heb “for a mouth of evil and a mouth of deceit against me they open, they speak with me [with] a tongue of falsehood.”

[109:3] ²tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”

[109:4] ³tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

[109:4] ⁴tn Heb “and I, prayer.”