Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good; They cause bereavement to my soul.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11False witnesses have risen up; They charge me with that which has not entered my mind.
Cross References
Psalms 38:21Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!
Psalms 109:5They repay me evil for good, And hatred for love.
Proverbs 17:13Whoso returneth 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 →