Psalms 109:4

“For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.”

"For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer." - Psalms 109:4
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What does Psalms 109:4 mean?

"Psalms 109:4 (KJV) - For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer." This verse from the Book of Psalms speaks to the experience of the psalmist feeling betrayed by those whom he loves. The psalmist expresses the pain of being treated as an enemy by those…

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The Power of Prayer Amidst Opposition

In the tumultuous journey of life, we often encounter adversaries, those who stand against us with hostility and malice. Psalm 109:4 poignantly captures this anguish: "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer." This simple yet profound verse teaches us…

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A Prayer for Love in the Midst of Adversity

Heavenly Father, I come before You today with a heart full of contemplation, reflecting on the words of Psalm 109:4: "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer." Lord, what an unparalleled depth of sorrow and betrayal this verse unveils! As I read these…

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Psalms 109:4 - "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer."
Psalms 109:9 - "Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow."
Psalms 109:1 - "Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;"
Psalms 109:22 - "For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me."
Psalms 109:24 - "My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness."
Psalms 109:8 - "Let his days be few; and let another take his office."
Psalms 109:5 - "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love."
Psalms 109:27 - "That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it."
Psalms 109:11 - "Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour."
Psalms 119:109 - "My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law."
Psalms 109:13 - "Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out."
Psalms 109:26 - "Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:"
Psalms 109:29 - "Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle."
Psalms 109:3 - "They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause."
Psalms 109:12 - "Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children."
Psalms 109:15 - "Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth."
Psalms 109:7 - "When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin."
Psalms 109:25 - "I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads."
Psalms 109:30 - "I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude."
Psalms 109:14 - "Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out."
Psalms 109:6 - "Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand."
Psalms 109:19 - "Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually."
Psalms 109:20 - "Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul."
"Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:" - Psalms 109:26
Psalms 109:23 - "I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust."
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 109:31 - "For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul."
Psalms 109:10 - "Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places."
"Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle." - Psalms 109:29