Psalm 109:3 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) They did beset me round about with words of hateful spight: And though to them no cause I gave, against me they did fight. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; And fought against me without a cause. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause. American Standard Version (1901) They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. Common English Bible Hateful words surround me; they attack me for no reason. Catholic Public Domain Version It is with you from the beginning, in the day of your virtue, in the splendor of the saints. From conception, before the light-bearer, I begot you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot thee. |
Let not my wrongful enemies proudly rejoice o'er me; Nor who me hate without a cause, let them wink with the eye.
For peace they do not speak at all; but crafty plots prepare Against all those within the land that meek and quiet are.
For without cause have they for me their net hid in a pit, They also have without a cause for my soul digged it.
Those men that do without a cause bear hatred unto me, Than are the hairs upon my head in number more they be: They that would me destroy, and are mine en'mies wrongfully, Are mighty: so what I took not, to render forc'd was I.
For round about me ev'ry day, like water, they did roll; And, gathering together, they have compassed my soul.