Psalms 109:5 meaning and explanation

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Psalms 109:5, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking, and the verse names the heart of his complaint: people he had treated with kindness have answered him with hostility. The Hebrew sets good against evil and love against hatred in a deliberate reversal, and the line leads straight into the fierce curses that follow.

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