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Psalm 35

Psa. 35:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
witnesses
`ed (Hebrew #5707)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV usage: witness.
Pronounce: ayd
Origin: contracted from 5749
c did rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
; they δlaid to my charge
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
things that I knew
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
not.
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witnesses of wrong.
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Psa. 27:12• 12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. (Psa. 27:12)
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Matt. 26:59‑61• 59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
 60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
 61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. (Matt. 26:59‑61)
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asked me.

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Ministry on This Verse

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False witnesses.
Heb. Witnesses of wrong.
Psa. 27:12• 12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. (Psa. 27:12)
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1 Sam. 24:9• 9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? (1 Sam. 24:9)
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1 Sam. 25:10• 10And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. (1 Sam. 25:10)
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Matt. 26:59‑60• 59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
 60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, (Matt. 26:59‑60)
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Acts 6:13• 13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: (Acts 6:13)
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Acts 24:5‑6,12‑13• 5For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
 6Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
 12And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
 13Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. (Acts 24:5‑6,12‑13)
laid, etc.
Heb. asked me.
• In the verses that follow, 11 to 16, the psalmist spreads out before the Lord the circumstances and behavior of the godly man in this trial. (“Psalms 35” by H. Smith)
• They spread out before the Lord their circumstances. False witnesses have risen up and laid charges against them of things they have not done (vs. 11-16). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Unrighteous witnessesa rise up; they lay to my chargeb things which I know not.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "witnesses of violence," as Deut. 19.16.
b
Or "question me about."