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Psalms 38:20
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Those who repay evil for goodattack me for pursuing good.
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.
They repay me with evil for the good I did. They lie about me because I try to do good.
They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me, Because I follow what is good.
And those who repay evil for good, They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.
They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I followe goodnesse.
And those who repay evil for good,They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
and they repay evil for good because I try to do right.
But my enemies are alive and well, those who wrongfully hate me increase their numbers;
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
I did nothing but good, and they paid me back with evil. I try to do what is right, but that only makes them turn against me.
They reward me evil for good; they reproach me because I seek after good things.
Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.
And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.
And those who repay evil for good, they attack me, because the good follows me.
They that rewarde me euell for good, speake euell of me, because I folowe the thinge that good is.
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
They also that render euill for good, are mine aduersaries: because I follow the thing that good is.
They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me: because I folowe the thyng that is good.
They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.
They also that render evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.
Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
They pay what is bad for what is good. They are against me because I follow what is good.
Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
(37-21) They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.
Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
render: Psalms 7:4, Psalms 35:12, Psalms 109:3-5, 1 Samuel 19:4-6, 1 Samuel 23:5, 1 Samuel 23:12, 1 Samuel 25:16, 1 Samuel 25:21, Jeremiah 18:20
because: Matthew 5:10, John 10:32, 1 Peter 3:13, 1 Peter 3:17, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 Peter 4:14-16, 1 John 3:12
Reciprocal: Psalms 69:4 - being Psalms 109:4 - For my Proverbs 17:13 - General Isaiah 66:5 - Your 1 Thessalonians 5:15 - ever 1 Timothy 6:11 - and Hebrews 12:14 - Follow
Cross-References
Then Abimelech called for Abraham. "What have you done to us?" he demanded. "What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!
"Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin.
So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson's best man at the wedding.
But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.
(Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries,....
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because I follow [the thing that] good [is]; or "follow good"; a good God, whom his soul followed hard after, Psalms 63:8; the good Shepherd of the sheep, who led him into green pastures, whither he followed him,
Psalms 23:1; the good Spirit of God his guide, whom he walked after, Romans 8:1; good and holy men of God, whom he took for examples and copied after; and every good work, which he pursued with eagerness and pleasure; and all this drew upon him the hatred of his adversaries.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
They also that render evil for good - They whose characteristic it is to return evil for good, are opposed to me. This implies that those who were now seeking his ruin had been formerly benefitted by him. They were persons who cherished no grateful recollection of favors bestowed on them, but who found a pleasure in persecuting and wronging their benefactor. Compare Psalms 35:12-16. “Are my adversaries.” Are now opposed to me; have become my enemies.
Because I follow the thing that good is - This properly means, Because I follow the good. The Hebrew word rendered “because” - תחת tachath - means properly the lower part; what is underneath; then, below; beneath. The idea here is, that the “underlying reason” of what they did was that he followed good, or that he was a righteous man; or, as we say, This was “at the bottom” of all their dealings with him. Sinner as he felt he was (and as he acknowledged he was) before God, and true as it was that his “sickness” was brought upon him by God for his sinfulness, yet the reason why “men” treated him as they did, was that he was a friend of God - a religious man; and their conduct, therefore, was sheer persecution. We may, with entire consistency, be very humble before God, and acknowledge that we deserve all that He brings upon us; and yet, at the same time, we may be sensible that we have not wronged men, and that their conduct toward us is wholly undeserved, is most ungrateful, is sheer malignity against us.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:20. Because l follow the thing that good is.] The translation is as bad as the sentence is awkward. תחת רדפי טוב tachath rodpi tob, because I follow goodness. There is a remarkable addition to this verse in the Arabic: "They have rejected me, the beloved one, as an abominable dead carcass; they have pierced my body with nails." I suppose the Arabic translator meant to refer this to Christ.
None of the other Versions have any thing like this addition; only the AEthiopic adds, "They rejected their brethren as an unclean carcass." St. Ambrose says this reading was found in some Greek and Latin copies in his time; and Theodoret has nearly the same reading with the Arabic: Και απερῥιψαν με τον αγαπητον, ῳς νεκρον εβδελυγμενον· "And they cast me, the beloved, out, as an abominable dead carcass." Whence this reading came I cannot conjecture.
