Psalms 38:19
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- KJV
- But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
- WEB
- But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
- ASV
- But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
- DARBY
- But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
- BLB
- And my enemies without cause are many, and those hating me without cause have been multiplied.
- ÅB
- Og fiendene mine lever og er mektige,
og mange er de som hater meg med urett. - OTB
- Men mine fiender er kraftige og sterke,
Og de som urettferdig hater meg er mange. - B1930
- Og mine fiender lever, er mektige, og mange er de som hater mig uten årsak.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:18–25
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
Read in contextPsalms 35:19
Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
Read in contextMatthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Read in contextPsalms 56:1–2
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
Read in contextPsalms 25:19
Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
Read in contextPsalms 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me.
Read in contextPsalms 59:1–3
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
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