Psalms 38:20 meaning and explanation

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Psalms 38:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 38 is David's prayer of anguish, written while he suffers sickness, guilt over sin, and abandonment by friends. In verse 20 he names a further wound: his enemies return good with evil and oppose him precisely because he pursues what is good.

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