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Psalm 38

Psa. 38:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They also that render
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
for good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
are mine adversaries
satan (Hebrew #7853)
to attack, (figuratively) accuse
KJV usage: (be an) adversary, resist.
Pronounce: saw-tan'
Origin: a primitive root
; because I follow
radaph (Hebrew #7291)
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
KJV usage: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Pronounce: raw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
the thing that good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
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Cross References

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Psa. 7:4• 4If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;) (Psa. 7:4)
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Psa. 35:12• 12They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. (Psa. 35:12)
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Psa. 109:3‑5• 3And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause.
 4For my love they are mine adversaries; but I give myself unto prayer.
 5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. (Psa. 109:3‑5)
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1 Sam. 19:4‑6• 4And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee;
 5for he put his life in hand, and smote the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou didst see it, and didst rejoice; why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, in slaying David without cause?
 6And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, As Jehovah liveth, he shall not be put to death! (1 Sam. 19:4‑6)
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1 Sam. 23:5,12• 5And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought against the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
 12And David said, Will the citizens of Keilah deliver up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up. (1 Sam. 23:5,12)
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1 Sam. 25:16,21• 16They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them feeding the sheep.
 21Now David had said, Surely, in vain have I kept all that this man had in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that was his; and he has requited me evil for good. (1 Sam. 25:16,21)
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Jer. 18:20• 20Shall 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. (Jer. 18:20)
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Matt. 5:10• 10Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:10)
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John 10:32• 32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me? (John 10:32)
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1 Peter 3:13,17‑18• 13And who shall injure you if ye have become imitators of that which is good?
 17For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer as well-doers than as evildoers;
 18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:13,17‑18)
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1 Peter 4:14‑16• 14If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
 15Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;
 16but if as a christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this name. (1 Peter 4:14‑16)
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1 John 3:12• 12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous. (1 John 3:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they that render evil for good are adversariesk unto me; because I pursue what is good.

JND Translation Notes

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Heb. plural of Satan, as Ps. 71.13; 109.4,20,29. Sing. in 1 Chron. 21.1; Job 1 and 2; Ps. 109.6; Zech. 3.1,2.