Psalms 35:12

35:12 They repay me evil for the good I have done; ¹ 

I am overwhelmed with sorrow. ² 

Psalms 35:14

35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ³ 

I bowed down ⁴  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ⁵ 

[35:12]  ¹ tn Heb “they repay me evil instead of good.”

[35:12]  ² tn Heb “[there is] bereavement to my soul.”

[35:14]  ³ tn Heb “like a friend, like a brother to me I walked about.”

[35:14]  ⁴ sn I bowed down. Bowing down was a posture for mourning. See Ps 38:6.

[35:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “like mourning for a mother [in] sorrow I bowed down.”