Psalms 38:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psalms 38:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
1 John 3:12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Psalms 109:3-5
They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. …
1 Peter 4:14-16
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. …

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Conviction Guilt Ingratitude Intolerance, Religious Martyrdom

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-22)

In these verses, I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his body and the trouble of his mind to insult over him, but took advantage thence to do him a mischief. He has a great deal to say against them, which he humbly offers as a reason why God should appear for him, as Ps. 25:19; Consider my enemies. 1. “They are…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

19-20. Still, while humbled before God, he is the victim of deadly enemies, full of malice and treachery. enemies are lively--literally, “of life,” who would take my life, that is, deadly.