Psalms 35:11
Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
In Context
12They repaid me evil for good : to the depriving me of my soul.
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:9And David also rose up after him: and going out of the cave cried after Saul, saying: My lord the king. And Saul looked behind him: and David bowing himself down to the ground, worshipped,
Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.
Acts 6:13And they set up false witnesses, who said: This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place and the law.
Acts 24:12And neither in the temple did they find me disputing with any man, or causing any concourse of the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:2-11
Prayer for Divine Protection. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase… Read the whole commentary →