These Notes Are From The Companion Bible.
reward me = set or put against me. Syric
Version reads "returned me". Not the same word as as in
verse 20, though the same
thing is referred to.
evil. Hebrew ra'a'. Appendix 44. viii.
for my love. Note here the
Ellipsis of the verb "saying", emphasising
what is said rather than the saying of it. This verb has often to be thus
supplied. See Genesis 26: |