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Psalms 35:11
11Cruel people tell lies against me in court. I do not even know what they are talking about.
Psalms 35:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
- New International Version (NIV)Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.
Context of Psalms 35:11
9Then I will be happy because of what the Lord has done. I will be happy because he has made me safe. 10I will shout with all my strength, ‘Lord, who is like you? When strong people try to hurt weak people, you are the one who keeps the weak people safe. You also keep poor people safe when robbers try to take things from them.’ Cruel people tell lies against me in court. I do not even know what they are talking about. 12When I do good things to help them, they pay me back with evil things! That makes me feel very sad and upset. 13When they were ill, I wore rough clothes, and I stopped eating food. I bent down my head as I prayed for them.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:11 word by word
יְ֭קוּמוּן עֵדֵ֣י חָמָ֑ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 35:11
- Psalms 27:12Do not give me to my enemies. They say false things against me, so that they can destroy me.
- 1 Samuel 24:9David said to Saul, ‘You should not listen to the people who say, “David wants to hurt you.”
- 1 Samuel 25:10Nabal answered David's young men, ‘Who is this David? Do I know this son of Jesse? Many servants run away from their masters these days.
- Matthew 26:59The leaders of the priests and all the Jewish leaders wanted to punish Jesus with death. So they tried to find some people who would say things against Jesus that were not true.
- Acts 6:13Then they brought in some men to say bad things about Stephen. The things that these men said were not true. They said about Stephen, ‘This man is always saying bad things about the temple. He says bad things against God's Law.
- Acts 24:5We know that this man brings trouble everywhere. Anywhere in the world that Jewish people live, he makes them angry. Then they all fight each other. He is the leader of a group called the Nazarenes.’
Commentaries on Psalms 35:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11False witnesses did rise up - There is no doubt that several of this kind were found to depose against the life of David; and we know that the wicked Jews employed such against the life of Christ. See Matthew 26:59, Matthew 26:60. They laid to my charge things that I knew not - They produced the most unfounded charges; things of which I had never before heard.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11False witnesses did rise up - Margin, “witnesses of wrong.” The Hebrew is, “witnesses of “violence,”” חמס châmâs That is, they were persons who, in what they said of me, were guilty of injustice and wrong. Their conduct was injurious to me as an act of “violence” would be. They laid to my charge - Margin, as in Hebrew: “they asked me.” The word “asked” here seems to be used in the sense of “demand;” that is, they demanded an “answer” to what was said…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any, how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience and meekness like David, or rather after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11False witnesses want nothing but violence (see Psalms 11:4–6; 54:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. False witnesses--literally, "Witnesses of injustice and cruelty" (compare Psa 11:5; 25:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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