Verse 20
Psalms 38:20
King James Version
20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow
the thing that good
is.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְֽ֭/אֹיְבַ/י חַיִּ֣ים עָצֵ֑מוּ וְ/רַבּ֖וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣/י שָֽׁקֶר
English Translation
But my enemies are mighty, and many are my false haters.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 38 Context
1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither
is there any rest in my bones beca...
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4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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5
My wounds stink
and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome
disease: and
there is no soundness in my flesh.
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8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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9
Lord, all my desire
is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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12
They also that seek after my life lay snares
for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous th...
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13
But I, as a deaf
man, heard not; and
I was as a dumb man
that openeth not his mouth.
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14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth
are
no reproofs.
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15
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God (Elohim).
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16
For I said,
Hear me, lest
otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify...
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17
For I
am ready to halt, and my sorrow
is continually before me.
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18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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19
But mine enemies
are lively,
and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow
the thing that good
is.
21
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God (Elohim), be not far from me.
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22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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