They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
They compassed me about also with words of hatred - with malicious charges.
And fought against me - with their tongues as the weapon of conflict (Psalms 55:21; Psalms 57:4).
Without a cause - gratuitous hatred, where love was to be looked for, considering His love to them. Just as, on the contrary, where hatred was (humanly speaking) to be looked for on His part toward hating and hateful man, love was manifested (Psalms 35:7; Psalms 69:4). So John 15:25, "They hated me without a cause" - literally, gratuitously х doorean (G1432)]; as, on the contrary, Romans 3:24, "Being justified freely" - literally, gratuitously, or without a cause on our part [doorean] - "by His grace." As gratuitous as was His love, so gratuitous was their hatred.