Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 35:11-12
Psalms 35:11-12. They laid to my charge things I knew not They accused me to Saul of treacherous designs against his crown and life, and of other crimes of which I was wholly innocent and ignorant. They rewarded me evil for good For the good offices which I performed to divers of them when I had favour and power in Saul’s court and camp. To the spoiling of my soul That is, to the stripping of my person of all my comforts and hopes, and of my life itself. This interpretation of the... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me evil for good - They recompensed, or returned evil instead of good. The manner in which they did it he states in the following verses.To the spoiling of my soul - Margin, “depriving.” The Hebrew word means “the being forsaken,” or “abandoned.” The idea is, that owing to this conduct he was forsaken or abandoned by all in whom he might have put confidence. read more