Psalm 109:20
New International Version
May this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil of me.

New Living Translation
May those curses become the LORD’s punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.

English Standard Version
May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life!

Berean Standard Bible
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

King James Bible
Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

New King James Version
Let this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, And to those who speak evil against my person.

New American Standard Bible
May this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

NASB 1995
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

NASB 1977
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

Legacy Standard Bible
This is the reward of my accusers from Yahweh, And of those who speak evil against my soul.

Amplified Bible
Let this be the reward of my attackers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my life.

Christian Standard Bible
Let this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let this be the LORD’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

American Standard Version
This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
This is the work of those who regard LORD JEHOVAH as evil and of those who speak evil against my soul.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

Contemporary English Version
Those are the cruel things my enemies wish for me. Let it all happen to them!

Douay-Rheims Bible
This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.

English Revised Version
This is the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is how the LORD rewards those who accuse me, those who say evil things against me.

Good News Translation
LORD, punish my enemies in that way--those who say such evil things against me!

International Standard Version
May this be the way the LORD repays my accuser, those who speak evil against me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
This would mine adversaries effect from the LORD, And they that speak evil against my soul.

Literal Standard Version
This [is] the wage of my accusers from YHWH, | And of those speaking evil against my soul.

Majority Standard Bible
May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.

New American Bible
May this be the reward for my accusers from the LORD, for those speaking evil against me.

NET Bible
May the LORD repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me!

New Revised Standard Version
May that be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my life.

New Heart English Bible
This is the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, of those who speak evil against my soul.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

World English Bible
This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

Young's Literal Translation
This is the wage of mine accusers from Jehovah, And of those speaking evil against my soul.

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Context
The Song of the Slandered
19May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him. 20May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. 21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.…

Cross References
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

Psalm 41:5
My enemies say with malice: "When will he die and be forgotten?"

Psalm 54:5
He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

Psalm 71:10
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Psalm 94:23
He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.


Treasury of Scripture

Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

let this

Psalm 2:5,6,12
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure…

Psalm 21:8-12
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee…

Psalm 40:14,15
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil…

them

Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Matthew 12:24
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Matthew 26:66,67
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death…

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Psalm 109
1. David complains of his slanderous enemies
16. He shows their sin
21. Complaining of his own misery, he prays for help
29. He promises thankfulness














(20) Reward.--Either "work" or "wages." The LXX. and Vulg. take it in the former sense, "This is their work who," &c.

Verse 20. - Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the Lord; rather, this is the reward, or the wages. This is what their conduct has earned, and what they have received, or assuredly will receive. And of them that speak evil against my soul (see above, ver. 2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
May this
זֹ֤את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

be the LORD’s
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

reward
פְּעֻלַּ֣ת (pə·‘ul·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6468: A work, recompense

to my accusers,
שֹׂ֭טְנַי (ṭə·nay)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7853: To be or act as adversary

to those who speak
וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים (wə·had·dō·ḇə·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

evil
רָ֝֗ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

against
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

me.
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion


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