Psalms 38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 38 connects to 10 cross-references. A penitential lament of David describing severe physical and social suffering as divine punishment for sin. He acknowledges guilt, confesses iniquity, and describes abandonment by friends and relatives while adversaries scheme. Counted among the seven penitential psalms, it ends with …
Other Translations
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
Cross References
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Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the …
So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote …
And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain.
And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against …
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before …
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For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, …