Psalms 38:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭אֹיְבַי חַיִּ֣ים עָצֵ֑מוּ וְרַבּ֖וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י שָֽׁקֶר׃

Transliteration

And 'ōyəḇay ḥayyîm 'ātsēmû and rabbû śōnə'ay šāqer

Grammar Details

• *'ōyəḇay*: plural participle with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
• *ḥayyîm*: adjective plural - living/alive
• *'ātsēmû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they are strong/mighty
• *rabbû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they are many/multiplied
• *śōnə'ay*: qal participle plural with 1st person singular suffix - those hating me
• *šāqer*: noun - falsehood/lie

Word Meanings

• *'ōyēḇ*: enemy/foe/adversary
• *ḥay*: living/alive/active
• *'ātsam*: be strong/mighty/numerous
• *rāḇaḇ*: be many/multiply/increase
• *śānē'*: hate/detest
• *šeqer*: falsehood/lie/deception

Referenced Verses

• Ps 35:12 : 12 They reward me evil for good, [To] the bereaving of my soul.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore {G5101} slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
• 1 Sam 19:4-6 : 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death.
• 1 Sam 23:5 : 5 And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David save the inhabitants of Keilah.
• 1 Sam 23:12 : 12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up.
• 1 Sam 25:16 : 16 they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
• 1 Sam 25:21 : 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.
• Ps 7:4 : 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
• Ps 109:3-5 : 3 They have compassed me about also with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.
• Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
• Matt 5:10 : 10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
• 1 Pet 3:13 : 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be zealous of that which is good?
• 1 Pet 3:17-18 : 17 For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing. 18 Because Christ also {G3958} suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• 1 Pet 4:14-16 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you. 15 For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other men's matters: 16 but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.