Bible verse
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Psalm 35:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 35.
8 May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
11 Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
15 But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
16 Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
KJV
They rewarded me evil for good [to] the spoiling of my soul.
ASV
They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.
ERV
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
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