Psalms 35:19
Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18I will give thee thanks in the great assembly. I will praise thee among much people.
20For they speak not peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
Cross References
Job 15:12Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,
Psalms 25:2O my God, in thee I have trusted. Let me not be put to shame. Let not my enemies triumph over me.
Psalms 38:16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
Psalms 38:19But my enemies are energetic, [and] are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who would cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. That which I took not away I have to restore.
Psalms 109:3They have also encompassed me about with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28
Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →