Psalms 35:12
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
1 Samuel 22:13Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
Psalms 38:21Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.
Psalms 109:5They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13Whoever rewards 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 →