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Psalms 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

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יְשַׁלְּמ֣וּנִיyeshalmunimake amendsשָׁלַםverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “make amends”, an unfinished actionH7999to 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)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, [idiom] s…רָ֭עָהraahbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…תַּ֥חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.טוֹבָ֗הtovahgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (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)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…שְׁכ֣וֹלshekholloss of childrenשְׁכוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “loss of children”, the ordinary formH7908bereavementloss of children, spoiling.לְנַפְשִֽׁיlenafshito creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They reward me evil for good, To the bereaving of my soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

They pay me evil for good, bereaving my soul,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Let not the foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the sinner move me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They repay me evil for good; bereavement is come to my soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνταπεδίδοσάν μοι πονηρὰ ἀντὶ καλῶν, καὶ ἀτεκνίαν τῇ ψυχῇ μου.