Psa 109:4-5, Joh 15:25 | JFB | STEP | 4, 5. They return evil for good (compare ). I give myself unto prayer —or literally, "I (am) prayer," or, "as for me, prayer," that is, it is my resource for comfort in distress.

Psalms 109:4-5

4, 5. They return evil for good (compare Ps 27:12; Pr 17:13).

I give myself unto prayer—or literally, "I (am) prayer," or, "as for me, prayer," that is, it is my resource for comfort in distress.

John 15:25

25. that the word might be fulfilled . . . They hated me without a cause—quoted from the Messianic Ps 69:4, applied also in the same sense in Joh 2:17; Ac 1:20; Ro 11:9, 10; 15:3.