Psalms 38:20
But my enemies live, and are stronger that I : and they hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
19For I will declare my inequity : and I will think for my sin.
21They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:4And Jonathan spoke good things of David to Saul his father: and said to him: Sin not, O king, against thy servant, David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are very good towards thee.
1 Samuel 23:12And David said: Will the men of Ceila deliver me, and my men, into the hands of Saul? And the Lord said: They will deliver thee up.
1 Samuel 25:21And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.
Psalms 25:19Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.
Psalms 142:7as when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.
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 →