Psalms 35:12
They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
In Context
11There rise up witnesses helping forward violence and wrong, What I know not, they demand of me:
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:15So Saul sent messengers to see David, saying,—Bring him up in the bed unto me, that I may put him to death.
1 Samuel 22:13And Saul said unto him, Wherefore have ye conspired against me, thou, and the son of Jesse,—in that thou gavest him bread and a sword, and didst enquire for him of God, that he might rise up against me, that he might lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Chronicles 19:4So Hanun took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off their upper garments in the middle, as far as their parts of shame,—and let them go.
Psalms 38:21Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
Psalms 109:5Yea they have returned unto me—Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
Proverbs 17:13He that 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 →