Psalms 35:12
They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they lay to my charge things which I know not.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.
1 Samuel 22:13And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?
1 Chronicles 19:4And Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 109:5And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
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 →