Psalms 35:11 · KJV
“False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. {False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong} {they...: Heb. they asked me}”
— Psalms 35:11
All my bones shall say, LORD, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul. {spoiling: Heb. depriving}
Psalms 35 — Context
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
10All my bones shall say, LORD, who {is} like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge {things} that I knew not. {False...: Heb. Witnesses of wrong} {they...: Heb. they asked me}
12They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul. {spoiling: Heb. depriving}
13But 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. {humbled: or, afflicted}
Cross References
Psalms 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Matthew 26:59-60
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
1 Samuel 24:9
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
Acts 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who {is} David? and who {is} the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Acts 24:5-6
For we have found this man {a} pestilent {fellow}, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Acts 24:12-13
And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: