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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 109, Verse 4

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They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
King James Version
For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.
American Standard Version
For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
New English Translation
They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.
World English Bible
In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
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And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
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When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
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Let his days be few; [and] let another take his office.
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Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
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Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek [their bread] also out of their desolate places.
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
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Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
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Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
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Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.