Psalms 38:20
(38-21) They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
19(38-20) But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
21(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:4And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his work hath been very good towards thee;
1 Samuel 23:12Then said David: 'Will the men of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul?' And the LORD said: 'They will deliver thee up.'
1 Samuel 25:21Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.
Psalms 25:19Consider how many are mine enemies, and the cruel hatred wherewith they hate me.
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 142:7(142-8) Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name; the righteous shall crown themselves because of me; for Thou wilt deal 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 →