Psalms 38:20
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
Young's Literal Translation
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
21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:4And Jonathan speaketh good of David unto Saul his father, and saith unto him, 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works for thee [are] very good;
1 Samuel 23:12And David saith, 'Do the possessors of Keilah shut me up, and my men, into the hand of Saul?' And Jehovah saith, 'They shut [thee] up.'
1 Samuel 25:21And David said, 'Only, in vain I have kept all that this [one] hath in the wilderness, and nothing hath been looked after of all that he hath, and he turneth back to me evil for good;
Psalms 25:19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.
Psalms 35:19Mine enemies rejoice not over me [with] falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.
Psalms 142:7Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon 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 →