Psalms 38:21
They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
In Context
20But my enemies live, and are stronger that I : and they hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
22Forsake me not, O Lord my God : do not thou depart from me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.
Psalms 22:19They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
Psalms 35:12They repaid me evil for good : to the depriving me of 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 →