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Psalms 109:4 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Psalms 109:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 109 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.”
Psalms 109:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries—David gave אַהֲבָתִי (ahavati, "my love"), but received שָׂטַן (satan, adversarial opposition—the verb root that yields "Satan"). This is covenant betrayal: love repaid with enmity. But I give myself unto prayer (וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּה, va'ani tefillah)—literally "but I am prayer," an idiom meaning "I am devoted to prayer" or "prayer is my very being."David models the response Christ commanded: "Pray for them which despitefully use you" (Matt 5:44). Where carnal instinct demands retaliation, David makes himself prayer—his entire being becomes intercession. Signifi...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 109:4
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“because I follow what is good.”
“They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.”
“Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing. Dividing his garments among them”
“I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.”
“For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit”
“and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.”
“am I loved the less?”
“to the bereaving of my soul.”
“I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
“he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day”