Psa 35:12-16, 38:11, 41:9, 55:12 | ESV | STEP | They repay me evil for good ; my soul is bereft .

Psalms 35:12-16

12 ^aThey repay me evil for good;
my soul is bereft. ^{▼▼Hebrew it is bereavement to my soul}
13 But I, ^cwhen they were sick—
I ^dwore sackcloth;
I ^eafflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed ^fwith head bowed ^{▼▼Or my prayer shall turn back} on my chest.
14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother;
as one who laments his mother,
I ^hbowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered;
they gathered together against me;
ⁱwretches whom I did not know
tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain}
they ^kgnash at me with their teeth.

Psalms 38:11

11 My ^lfriends and companions ^mstand aloof from my ⁿplague,
and my nearest kin ^ostand far off.

Psalms 41:9

9 Even my ^pclose friend in whom I trusted,
who ^qate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.

Psalms 55:12

12 For it is not an enemy who taunts me—
then I could bear it;
it is not an adversary who ^rdeals insolently with me—
then I could hide from him.