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Psalms 38:20 Interlinear

“They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I follow for good”

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Psalms 38 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י	H7999	They also that render	to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
2	רָ֭עָה	H7451	evil	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
3	תַּ֣חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
4	טֽוֹב׃	H2896	for good	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
5	יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִי	H7853	are mine adversaries	to attack, (figuratively) accuse
6	תַּ֣חַת	H8478		the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
7	רָֽדְופִי	H7291	because I follow	to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
8	טֽוֹב׃	H2896	for good	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

Psalms 38:20 (current)They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries because I follow for good