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Psalms 109:5

109:4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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

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

109:6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. Satan: or, an adversary

What does Psalms 109:5 mean?

Psalms 109:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), רַע (raʻ), טוֹב (ṭôwb).

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And
they
have
rewardedשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
me
evilרַעraʻ/rah/H7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
for
good,טוֹבṭôwb/tobe/H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
and
hatredשִׂנְאָהsinʼâh/sin-aw'/H8135hate
for
my
love.אַהֲבָהʼahăbâh/a-hab-aw/H160{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 109:5.

2 Samuel 13:15

Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. exceedingly: Heb. with great hatred greatly

Ecclesiastes 9:1

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. I considered: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Genesis 2:17

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. thou shalt surely: Heb. dying thou shalt die

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 24:50

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Genesis 26:29

That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. That: Heb. If thou shalt

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

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What does Psalms 109:5 say?

Psalms 109:5 (King James Version) reads: "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love."

Is Psalms 109:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 109:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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