Psalms 109:2-5

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 

109:5 They repay me evil for good, ⁵ 

and hate for love.

Psalms 109:20

109:20 May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, ⁶ 

those who say evil things about ⁷  me! ⁸ 

[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.”

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

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

[109:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I, prayer.”

[109:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they set upon me evil in place of good.”

[109:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “[may] this [be] the repayment to my accusers from the Lord.”

[109:20]  ⁷ tn Or “against.”

[109:20]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).