Psalm 109:1-6 Part 2 of 2

O God, whom I praise,

    don't stand silent and aloof

while the wicked slander me

    and tell lies about me.

They surround me with hateful words

    and fight against me for no reason.

I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations

    even as I am praying for them!

They repay evil for good,

    and hatred for my love. 

 

I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them! 

Psalm 38:19-20  

I have many aggressive enemies;

    they hate me for no reason.

They repay me evil for good

    and oppose me for pursuing good.  (see all Psalm 38)

Psalm 35:11  

Malicious witnesses testify against me.

    They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.

Psalm 35:13  

Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them,

    I denied myself by fasting for them,

    but my prayers returned unanswered.  (see all Psalm 35)

 

They repay evil for good, and hatred for my love. 

Proverbs 17:13  

If you repay good with evil,

    evil will never leave your house.

Jeremiah 18:19-20  

LORD, hear me and help me!

    Listen to what my enemies are saying.

Should they repay evil for good?

    They have dug a pit to kill me,

though I pleaded for them

    and tried to protect them from your anger.  (see all chapter 18)

John 7:5-7  

For even his brothers didn't believe him.

    Jesus replied, "Now is not the right time for me to go, but you can go anytime. The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil."  (see all chapter 7)  

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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