“(Verses 19, 20.) My enemies, he says, are alive and they have become strong against me; and they have multiplied, those who hate me unjustly. They repay evil for good, they spoke ill of me; because I pursued justice. But how much more illustrious was he, who died daily, so that he might give life to his people: and he…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms
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19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
— Psalms 38:19 —
20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.