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Psalms 7:4

Integrity

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

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BSB
if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
KJV
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
WEB
if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),
ASV
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;)
DARBY
If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)
BLB
if I have dealt with the one at peace with me with evil, or have drawn out my enemy without cause,
ÅB
dersom jeg har gjengjeldt den med ondt som holdt fred med meg,
eller plyndret den som uten årsak var min fiende,
OTB
Hvis jeg har gjort ondt mot min allierte,
Eller har plyndret min fiende uten grunn,
B1930
dersom jeg har gjengjeldt den med ondt som holdt fred med mig, eller plyndret den som var min fiende uten årsak,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 24:17–19

    And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

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  • Psalms 55:20

    He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.

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  • Jeremiah 18:20–21

    Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

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  • Psalms 109:5

    And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:7

    So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

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  • 1 Samuel 20:1

    And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

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  • 1 Samuel 22:14

    Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

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  • 1 Samuel 25:28–29

    I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

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