Psalms 38:19
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
In Context
18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Cross References
Psalms 18:17He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
Psalms 56:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
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 →