Psalm 7:4 “if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe witho…”

Psalm 7:4

if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have plundered him who without cause was my adversary),

American Standard Version

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary);

Geneva Bible 1599

If I haue rewarded euill vnto him that had peace with mee, (yea I haue deliuered him that vexed me without cause)

Darby Translation

If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (indeed I have freed him that without cause oppressed me;)

Young's Literal Translation

If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

Bible in Basic English

If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause;

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Cross references

“If I”

Psalm 55:20 Psalm 109:5 Genesis 44:4 Proverbs 17:3 Jeremiah 18:20 Jeremiah 18:21

Psalm 55:20 · BSB

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

Psalm 109:5 · BSB

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

Genesis 44:4 · BSB

They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Proverbs 17:3 · BSB

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.

Jeremiah 18:20 · BSB

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:21 · BSB

Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in…

“I have”

1 Samuel 24:7 1 Samuel 26:9–17 1 Samuel 26:24 1 Samuel 24:10 1 Samuel 24:11

1 Samuel 24:7 · BSB

With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

1 Samuel 26:9–17 · BSB

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can extend a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:24 · BSB

As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and rescue me from all trouble.”

1 Samuel 24:10 · BSB

Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s…

1 Samuel 24:11 · BSB

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are huntin…

“without”

1 Samuel 24:17–19 1 Samuel 20:1 1 Samuel 22:14 1 Samuel 26:21 1 Samuel 19:4 1 Samuel 19:5

1 Samuel 24:17–19 · BSB

and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.

1 Samuel 20:1 · BSB

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

1 Samuel 22:14 · BSB

Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?

1 Samuel 26:21 · BSB

Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

1 Samuel 19:4 · BSB

Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

1 Samuel 19:5 · BSB

He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

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