Psalms 38:21
\38:20\They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
22\38:21\Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.
Psalms 22:19\22:18\They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.
Psalms 35:12They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →