Psalms 38:20

¹⁸ Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

¹⁹ Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

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.

²² Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
KJV: They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
WEB: They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
ASV: They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
DARBY: And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
BLB: And those repaying evil for good, they oppose me, because of my pursuing good.

ÅB: De som gjengjelder godt med ondt,
står meg imot fordi jeg jager etter det gode.
OTB: Og de som gjengjelder ondt for godt,
De motsetter seg meg, fordi jeg forfølger det som er godt.
B1930: Og de som gjengjelder godt med ondt, står mig imot, fordi jeg jager efter det gode.

Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
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Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
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1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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John 10:32
But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
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1 Peter 4:14–16
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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1 Samuel 25:21
Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.
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Psalms 109:3–5
They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
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1 Samuel 23:12
So David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
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