New King James Version
Psalms 35:11
11Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about.
Context of Psalms 35:11
9And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord; It shall rejoice in His salvation. 10All my bones shall say, “Lord, who is like You, Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?” Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know. 12They reward me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul. 13But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.
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 deliver me to the will of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.
- 1 Samuel 24:9And David said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’?
- 1 Samuel 25:10Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,
- Acts 6:13They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;
- Acts 24:5For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of 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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