Psalms 35:15

But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not. They tore me, and ceased not.

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In The King James Version

But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

In Context

14I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as he who bewails his mother.

16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

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Cross References

Job 30:1But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Psalms 7:2lest they tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.

Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.

Psalms 57:4My soul is among lions. I lay among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:12-17

Prayer for Deliverance; Sorrowful Complaints. 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves… Read the whole commentary →

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