Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that 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 slay him.'
1 Samuel 22:13And Saul said unto 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, to lie in wait, as at this day?'
1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away.
Psalms 38:21(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.
Psalms 109:5And they have laid upon 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 →