Psalms 38:20
They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.
Noyes Bible
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 my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.
21Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!
Cross References
Psalms 25:19Consider how many are my enemies, And with what violence they hate me!
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully triumph over me; Let them not wink with the eye, who hate me without cause!
Psalms 142:7Bring me out of prison, That I may praise thy name! The righteous shall gather around me, When thou shalt show me thy favor.
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 →