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Psalms Chapter 35 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 35:12

They reward me evil for good, `To' the bereaving of my soul.
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BBE Psalms 35:12

They gave me back evil for good, troubling my soul.
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DARBY Psalms 35:12

They reward me evil for good, [to] the bereavement of my soul.
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KJV Psalms 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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WBT Psalms 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
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WEB Psalms 35:12

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
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YLT Psalms 35:12

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - They rewarded me evil for good (comp. ver. 13). Among those who slandered him were persons with whose troubles he had sympathized, and for whom he had prayed with fasting when they were sick. His worst persecutor, Saul, admitted the charge here made. "Thou art more righteous than I," he said; "for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil" (1 Samuel 24:17). To the spoiling of my soul; or, the desolating of my soul. The result of his enemies' machinations against him was to make him a fugitive and a wanderer, to separate him from the friend whom he tenderly loved, from his wife, his parents, and the greater part of his acquaintance.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) To the spoiling of my soul.--Literally, desolation to my soul. We may paraphrase,"They rewarded me evil for good,Which to me was desolation."