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Psalm 35:12–13

12  pThey repay me evil for good;

my soul is bereft.4

13  But I, qwhen they were sick—

I rwore sackcloth;

I safflicted myself with fasting;

I prayed twith head bowed5 on my chest.

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Psalm 35:12–13 — The New International Version (NIV)

12 They repay me evil for good

and leave me like one bereaved.

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth

and humbled myself with fasting.

When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

Psalm 35:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

12 They rewarded me evil for good

To the spoiling of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:

I humbled my soul with fasting;

And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psalm 35:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)

12 They repay me evil for good.

I am sick with despair.

13 Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.

I denied myself by fasting for them,

but my prayers returned unanswered.

Psalm 35:12–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

12 They reward me evil for good,

To the sorrow of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick,

My clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled myself with fasting;

And my prayer would return to my own heart.

Psalm 35:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)

12 They repay me with evil for the good I have done,

and they make me very sad.

13 Yet when they were sick, I put on clothes of sadness

and showed my sorrow by fasting.

But my prayers were not answered.

Psalm 35:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)

12 They reward me evil for good,

To the bereaving of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:

I afflicted my soul with fasting;

And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

Psalm 35:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul. 13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I chastened my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom:

Psalm 35:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

12 I am devastated 

because they pay me back with evil instead of good. 

13 But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth. 

I humbled myself with fasting. 

When my prayer returned unanswered, 

Psalm 35:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

12 They repay me evil for good,

making me desolate.

13 Yet when they were sick,

my clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled myself with fasting,

and my prayer was genuine.

Psalm 35:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

12 They repay me evil for good;

my soul is forlorn.

13 But as for me, when they were sick,

I wore sackcloth;

I afflicted myself with fasting.

I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

Psalm 35:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

12 They repay me evil in place of good.

It is bereavement to my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth.

I weakened my soul with fasting,

and my prayer returned to me unanswered.

Psalm 35:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

12 They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.

They leave me without hope.

13 But when they were sick, I put on black clothes.

I made myself low by going without food.

My prayers for them weren’t always answered.

Psalm 35:12–13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

12 They repay me evil for good,

To the bereavement of my soul.

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled my soul with fasting,

And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.


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