11 Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know . 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 . 14 I went about as though it were my friend or brother ; I bowed down mourning , as one who sorrows for a mother . 15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered me without ceasing . 16 Like godless jesters at a feast , They gnashed at me with their teeth .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 35:11-16
Commentary on Psalm 35:11-16
(Read Psalm 35:11-16)
Call a man ungrateful, and you can call him no worse: this was the character of David's enemies. Herein he was a type of Christ. David shows how tenderly he had behaved towards them in afflictions. We ought to mourn for the sins of those who do not mourn for themselves. We shall not lose by the good offices we do to any, how ungrateful soever they may be. Let us learn to possess our souls in patience and meekness like David, or rather after Christ's example.