New Living Translation
Psalms 35:11
11Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing 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 rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad because he rescues me. 10With every bone in my body I will praise him: “Lord, who can compare with you? Who else rescues the helpless from the strong? Who else protects the helpless and poor from those who rob them?” Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me of crimes I know nothing about. 12They repay me evil for good. I am sick with despair. 13Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them. I denied myself by fasting for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:11 word by word
יְ֭קוּמוּן עֵדֵ֣י חָמָ֑ס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי יִשְׁאָלֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 35:11
- Psalms 27:12Do not let me fall into their hands. For they accuse me of things I’ve never done; with every breath they threaten me with violence.
- 1 Samuel 24:9Then he shouted to Saul, “Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you?
- 1 Samuel 25:10“Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.
- Matthew 26:59Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death.
- Acts 6:13The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses.
- Acts 24:5We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as 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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