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Psalms 109:5

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

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וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּvayasimvand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…עָלַ֣יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…רָ֭עָהraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…תַּ֣חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.טוֹבָ֑הtovahgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗הvesinahand hateשִׂנְאָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and hate”, the ordinary formH8135hate[phrase] exceedingly, hate(-ful, -red).תַּ֣חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.אַהֲבָתִֽיahavatiloveאַהֲבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “love”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH160{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}love.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And they set against me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

World English Bible

They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they have laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔθεντο κατʼ ἐμοῦ κακὰ ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν, καὶ μῖσος ἀντὶ τῆς ἀγαπήσεώς μου.