Psalms 109:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalms 109:5 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 17:13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Psalms 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms 55:12-15
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: …
Psalms 35:7-12
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. …
Genesis 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Anger Cruelty Enemy Evil for Good Forgiveness Good for Evil Hatred

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

It is the unspeakable comfort of all good people that, whoever is against them, God is for them, and to him they may apply as to one that is pleased to concern himself for them. Thus David here. I. He refers himself to God’s judgment (Ps. 109:1): “ Hold not thy peace, but let my sentence come forth from thy presence, Ps. 17:2. Delay not to give judgment upon the appeal made to thee.” God saw what…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

4-5. They return evil for good (compare Psa 27:12; Pr 17:13). I give myself unto prayer--or literally, “I (am) prayer,” or, “as for me, prayer,” that is, it is my resource for comfort in distress.