Psalms 35:15

But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.

Berean Standard Bible

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 paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

16Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.

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Cross References

Job 30:1“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

Psalms 7:2or they will shred my soul like a lion and tear me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

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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