They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsDBT
And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.
ASV
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
WEB
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
YLT
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentPsalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
- Author
- David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
- Date
- Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.