²⁰ Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.^(A)

⁵ They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.^(A)

²⁰ Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.^(A)
Remember how I stood before You
to speak good on their behalf,
to turn Your anger from them.