Psalms 35:11

Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.

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In The King James Version

False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

In Context

10and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”

12Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Give me not up, O Lord, unto the rage of my foes; for against me have risen false witnesses, breathing out cruelty.

Acts 6:13There they produced witnesses who gave false evidence. “This man,” they said, “is incessantly saying things against this holy place and the Law;

Acts 24:12where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with anyone, or causing a crowd to collect – either in the Temple, or in the synagogues, or about the city;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:2-11

Prayer for Divine Protection. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase… Read the whole commentary →

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