Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12They repaid me evil for good : to the depriving me of my soul.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:29And this shall be to you an everlasting ordinance: The seventh month, the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no work, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you.
1 Kings 21:27And when Achab had heard these words, he rent his garments, and put haircloth upon his flesh, and fasted and slept in sackcloth, and walked with his head cast down.
Psalms 69:10For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
Matthew 5:44But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
Matthew 10:13And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
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 →