Psalms 35:15

But at my fall they rejoice, and gather themselves together; Revilers whom I know not assemble themselves against me; They tear me without ceasing.

Noyes 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 behaved myself as if he had been my friend or brother; I bowed down in sadness, as one mourning for his mother.

16With base men who mock for their bread, They gnash at me with their teeth.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 7:2Lest mine enemy tear me like a lion; Lest he rend me in pieces, while there is none to help.

Psalms 35:8May unforeseen destruction come upon them! May the snare which they have laid lay hold on themselves, And may they fall into destruction!

Psalms 38:17For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;

Psalms 57:4My life is in the midst of lions; I dwell among them that breathe out fire; Among men whose teeth are spears and arrows, And whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, And they who lay wait for my life consult 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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