Psalms 38:21

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Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:19 : 19 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
  • Ps 35:21-22 : 21 They open their mouths wide against me and say, 'Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!' 22 You have seen it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.
  • Ps 22:1 : 1 For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.
  • Ps 22:11 : 11 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 71:11-12
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    87%

    11 They say, 'God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will deliver him.'

    12 God, do not be far from me; my God, come quickly to help me.

  • 19 They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

  • Ps 27:9-10
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    9 Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not leave me or abandon me, my God of salvation.

    10 Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will take me in.

  • 22 Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!

  • 11 From birth I was cast upon you; from my mother’s womb, you have been my God.

  • 1 For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.

  • 22 You have seen it, Lord; do not be silent. Lord, do not be far from me.

  • 9 Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.

  • 8 I will keep Your statutes; do not utterly forsake me.

  • 11 I have not hidden Your righteousness in my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and salvation. I have not concealed Your love and truth from the great assembly.

  • 13 For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.

  • Ps 43:1-2
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    77%

    1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

    2 For You are the God of my refuge; why have You rejected me? Why must I go about mourning under the oppression of my enemy?

  • 26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your steadfast love.

  • 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

  • 11 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

  • 21 But You, Lord my God, act on my behalf for the sake of Your name; because Your steadfast love is good, deliver me.

  • 8 But my eyes are fixed on You, LORD, my Lord. In You I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

  • 10 What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

  • 21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

  • Ps 39:12-13
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    75%

    12 With reproofs for iniquity, You discipline a man; like a moth, You consume his cherished things. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

    13 Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.

  • 5 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation always declare, "God is great!"

  • 22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • 7 Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • 14 But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you.

  • 24 Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • 16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

  • 1 Why, Lord, do You stand far off? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?

  • 17 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, 'The LORD be magnified!'

  • 17 Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge on the day of disaster.

  • 17 Answer me, LORD, because your steadfast love is good; in your abundant compassion, turn to me.

  • 1 A Miktam of David: Guard me, O God, for I have taken refuge in You.

  • 9 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

  • 11 My heart throbs, my strength has left me; even the light of my eyes—it has also gone from me.

  • 1 For the director: Do not destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.

  • 1 A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

  • 15 I have become like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth there are no rebukes.

  • 1 To the chief musician, accompanied by stringed instruments, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • 115 Depart from me, evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

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    8 My eyes grow weak from sorrow; they fail because of all my adversaries.

  • 20 Guard my life and deliver me; do not let me be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

  • 14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.

  • 18 Even when I am old and my hair turns gray, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.

  • 8 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

  • 19 They confronted me on the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.

  • 9 Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.