Psalms 38:20
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
In Context
19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:4And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee;
1 Samuel 23:12And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver [thee] up.
1 Samuel 25:21Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this [man] had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good.
Psalms 25:19Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me [with] cruel hatred.
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
Psalms 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.
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 →