Psalm 109:4
Strong's Lexicon
In return for
תַּֽחַת־ (ta·ḥaṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: 1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m 1a) the under part adv accus 1b) beneath prep 1c) under, beneath 1c1) at the foot of (idiom) 1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig) 1c3) of subjection or conquest 1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands 1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun) 1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense) 1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged) conj 1e) instead of, instead of that 1f) in return for that, because that in compounds 1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion) 1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

my love
אַהֲבָתִ֥י (’a·hă·ḇā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 160: 1) love 1a) human love for human object 1a1) of man toward man 1a2) of man toward himself 1a3) between man and woman 1a4) sexual desire 2) God's love to His people

they accuse me,
יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי (yiś·ṭə·nū·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7853: 1) (Qal) to be or act as an adversary, resist, oppose

but I [am a man]
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

[of] prayer.
תְפִלָּֽה׃ (ṯə·p̄il·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8605: 1) prayer 1a) prayer 1b) pray a prayer 1c) house of prayer 1d) hear prayer 1e) in Ps titles (of poetic or liturgical prayer)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Young's Literal Translation
For my love they oppose me, and I—prayer!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray.

New American Standard Bible
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am [in] prayer.

King James Bible
For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

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

English Standard Version
In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer.

New American Standard Bible
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.

King James Bible
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray.

International Standard Version
Instead of receiving my love, they accuse me, though I continue in prayer.

NET Bible
They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

American Standard Version
For my love they are my adversaries: But I give myself unto prayer.

English Revised Version
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.

Young's Literal Translation
For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!
















Cross References
Psalm 7:4
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Psalm 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psalm 69:13
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

Psalm 120:7
I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 109:3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.

Psalm 109:2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

Psalm 109:1
Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;

Psalm 109:5
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
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