Psalms 35:15

But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

16With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

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Cross References

Job 30:1But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Psalms 7:2(7-3) Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

Psalms 38:17(38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

Psalms 57:4(57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalms 71:10For mine enemies speak concerning me, and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

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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