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Psalm 35

Psa. 35:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They rewarded
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
me evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
e for good
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
to the ηspoiling
shkowl (Hebrew #7908)
bereavement
KJV usage: loss of children, spoiling.
Pronounce: shek-ole'
Origin: infinitive of 7921
of my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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Psa. 38:20• 20And those who recompense me evil for good will oppose me{HR}Because of my pursuing good. (Psa. 38:20)
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Psa. 109:3‑5• 3And [with] words of hatred they have surrounded me{HR}And have fought against me without cause.
4For my love they are mine adversaries,{HR}And I [am for] prayer.
5And they set upon me evil for good,{HR}And hatred for my love.
(Psa. 109:3‑5)
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1 Sam. 19:4‑5,15• 4And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
5for he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and Jehovah wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
15And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
(1 Sam. 19:4‑5,15)
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1 Sam. 22:13‑14• 13And Saul said to him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me as a lier-in-wait, as at this day?
14And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and has access to thy secret council, and is honourable in thy house?
(1 Sam. 22:13‑14)
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Prov. 17:13• 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good,{HR}Evil shall not depart from his house. (Prov. 17:13)
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Jer. 18:20• 20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. (Jer. 18:20)
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John 10:32• 32Jesus answered them, Many good works I showed you from the Father: on account of which work of them do ye stone me? (John 10:32)
spoiling.
Heb. depriving.
my soul.Or, "my life," as the word {nephesh} frequently denotes.

J. N. Darby Translation

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They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.

W. Kelly Translation

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They requite me evil instead of good [to the] bereaving of my soul.