Psalm 35:12 {34:12}
Good News Translation
They pay me back evil for good, and I sink in despair.

New Revised Standard Version
They repay me evil for good; my soul is forlorn.

Contemporary English Version
They repay evil for good, and I feel all alone.

New American Bible
They repay me evil for good; my soul is desolate.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.

they.

Psalm 38:20 They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

Psalm 109:3-5 They have spoken against me with deceitful tongues; and they have compassed me about with words of hatred; and have fought against me without cause. . . .

1 Samuel 19:4,5,15 And Jonathan spoke good things of David to Saul, his father: and said to him: Sin not, O king, against thy servant, David, because he hath not sinned against thee, and his works are very good towards thee. . . .

1 Samuel 22:13,14 And Saul said to him: Why have you conspired against me, thou, and the son of Isai, and thou hast given him bread and a sword, and hast consulted the Lord for him, that he should rise up against me, continuing a traitor to this day. . . .

Proverbs 17:13 He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them.

John 10:32 Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?

spoiling [heb.

1 Samuel 20:31-33 For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death. . . .

Luke 23:21-23 But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. . . .

my soul.

Context
Contend with My Opponents
11Unjust witnesses rising up have asked me things I knew not. 12They repaid me evil for good: to the depriving me of my soul.13But as for me, when they were troublesome to me, I was clothed with haircloth. I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer shall be turned into my bosom.…
Cross References
John 10:32
Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?

Psalm 38:20
They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness.

Psalm 109:5
And they repaid me evil for good: and hatred for my love.

Proverbs 17:13
He that rendereth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be rendered for good, because they have digged a pit for my soul? Remember that I have stood in thy sight, to speak good for them, and to turn away thy indignation from them.

Psalm 35:11
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