Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:15But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”
1 Samuel 22:13And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave 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 →