Psalm 109:2–5

2 for people who are wicked and deceitful

have opened their mouths against me;

they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3 With words of hatred they surround me;

they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me,

but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my friendship.

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.

3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred;

And fought against me without a cause.

4 For my love they are my adversaries:

But I give myself unto prayer.

5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

2 while the wicked slander me

and tell lies about me.

3 They surround me with hateful words

and fight against me for no reason.

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

even as I am praying for them!

5 They repay evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful

Have opened against me;

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

4 In return for my love they are my accusers,

But I give myself to prayer.

5 Thus they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

2 Wicked people and liars have spoken against me;

they have told lies about me.

3 They have said hateful things about me

and attack me for no reason.

4 They attacked me, even though I loved them

and prayed for them.

5 I was good to them, but they repay me with evil.

I loved them, but they hate me in return.

2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me:

They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred,

And fought against me without a cause.

4 For my love they are my adversaries:

But I give myself unto prayer.

5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,

And hatred for my love.

2 For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue, 3 And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

2 Wicked and deceitful people have opened their mouths against me. 

They speak against me with lying tongues. 

3 They surround me with hateful words. 

They fight against me for no reason. 

4 In return for my love, they accuse me, 

but I pray for them.

5 They reward me with evil instead of good 

and with hatred instead of love. 

2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;

they speak against me with lying tongues.

3 They surround me with hateful words

and attack me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

but I continue to pray.

5 They repay me evil for good,

and hatred for my love.

2 For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me,

speaking against me with lying tongues.

3 They surround me with words of hate

and attack me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

even while I make prayer for them.

5 So they reward me evil for good

and hatred for my love.

2 for wicked and deceitful mouths

have opened against me.

They speak to me with a lying tongue.

3 They also surround me with words of hate,

and fight me without cause.

4 In return for my love they accuse me,

though I am in prayer.

5 So they inflicted evil against me in return for good

and hatred in return for my love.

2 Sinful people who lie and cheat have spoken against me.

They have used their tongues to tell lies about me.

3 They gather all around me with their words of hatred.

They attack me without any reason.

4 They bring charges against me,

even though I love them

and pray for them.

5 They pay me back with evil for the good things I do.

They pay back my love with hatred.

2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me;

They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

3 They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,

And fought against me without cause.

4 In return for my love they act as my accusers;

But I am in prayer.

5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good

And hatred for my love.