Psalms 109:3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
Psalms 109:3 in other translations
| BSB | They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. |
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| WEB | They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. |
| ASV | They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. |
| YLT | They have compassed me about, And they fight me without cause. |
| DARBY | And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. |
| BBE | Words of hate are round about me; they have made war against me without cause. |
| Webster | They encompassed me also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. |
What does Psalms 109:3 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 109:1-5
It is the unspeakable comfort of all believers, that whoever is against them, God is for them; and to him they may apply as to one pleased to concern himself for them. David's enemies laughed at him for his devotion, but they could not laugh him out of it.
Psalms 109:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 109:3
- Psalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Psalms 35:20
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
- John 15:24-25
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
- Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
- 2 Samuel 16:7-8
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
- Psalms 17:11
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
- 1 Samuel 26:18
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
- 2 Samuel 15:12
And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- Psalms 22:12
Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
- Psalms 59:3-4
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
- 1 Samuel 19:4-5
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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Context
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 109:3
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
- Psalms 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalms 109:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y con palabras de odio me rodearon; y pelearon contra mí sin causa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils m’ont entouré de paroles de haine, et ils me font la guerre sans cause. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und mit Worten des Hasses haben sie mich umgeben und haben wider mich gestritten ohne Ursache. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tecum principium in die virtutis tuæ in splendoribus sanctorum: ex utero, ante luciferum, genui te. |