Psalms 109:5

“And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.”

"And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love." - Psalms 109:5
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What does Psalms 109:5 mean?

The Bible verse Psalms 109:5 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, “And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.” This verse comes from the Book of Psalms, which is a collection of prayers, hymns, and poems that express a wide range of emotions and…

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The Heart of Forgiveness: Responding to Evil with Love

The Scriptures provide a profound insight into the human condition, revealing both our struggles and our calling as followers of Christ. In Psalm 109:5, we find the poignant declaration, "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love." This verse speaks to one…

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A Prayer for Healing Amidst Betrayal

Heavenly Father, In the quietness of my heart, I come before You, full of both sorrow and hope, seeking Your presence as I reflect on the words of Psalm 109:5, "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love." Lord, this verse resonates deeply within me…

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Psalms 109:5 - "And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love."
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 109:8 - "Let his days be few; and let another take his office."
Psalms 109:4 - "For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer."
Psalms 109:24 - "My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness."
Psalms 109:27 - "That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it."
Psalms 119:109 - "My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law."
Psalms 109:11 - "Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour."
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 109:14 - "Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out."
Psalms 109:30 - "I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude."
Psalms 109:6 - "Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand."
Psalms 109:20 - "Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul."
Psalms 109:19 - "Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually."
"Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:" - Psalms 109:26
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 109:23 - "I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust."
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