Psalms 109:4

109:4 They repay my love with accusations, ¹ 

but I continue to pray. ² 

Psalms 109:29

109:29 My accusers will be covered ³  with shame,

and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe.

Psalms 38:20

38:20 They repay me evil for the good I have done;

though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. ⁴ 

Psalms 71:13

71:13 May my accusers be humiliated and defeated!

May those who want to harm me ⁵  be covered with scorn and disgrace!

Psalms 109:20

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

those who say evil things about ⁷  me! ⁸ 

[109:4]  ¹ tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

[109:4]  ² tn Heb “and I, prayer.”

[109:29]  ³ tn Heb “clothed.” Another option is to translate the prefixed verbal forms in this line and the next as jussives (“may my accusers be covered with shame”).

[38:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “the ones who repay evil instead of good accuse me, instead of my pursuing good.”

[71:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “those who seek my harm.”

[109:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “[may] this [be] the repayment to my accusers from the Lord.”

[109:20]  ¹⁰ tn Or “against.”

[109:20]  ¹¹ 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).