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Psalms Chapter 109 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries: But I `give myself unto' prayer.
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BBE Psalms 109:4

For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.
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DARBY Psalms 109:4

For my love they are mine adversaries; but I [give myself unto] prayer.
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KJV Psalms 109:4

For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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WBT Psalms 109:4

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WEB Psalms 109:4

In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
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YLT Psalms 109:4

For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - For my love they are my adversaries. The tenderness and kindness of the good towards wicked men does not soften them. Rather it provokes them to greater hostility. This was seen clearly in the instance of Saul. But I give myself unto prayer; literally, but I prayer; i.e. "but I am wholly prayer," "I do nothing during their attacks on me but pray for them."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) For my love . . .--i.e., in return for my love I give myself unto prayer. For a concise expression of the same kind as "I prayer," see Psalm 120:7, "I peace." Of course the psalmist means, that in the face of all the taunts and reproaches of his maligners, he simply and naturally has recourse to prayer, and, as the context seems to indicate, prayer for them.