Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

In Context

24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

26Let them be put to shame and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. Thou seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will thou swallow up the inheritance of LORD?

Psalms 27:12Deliver me not over to the will of my adversaries. For FALSE witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

Psalms 70:3Let them be turned back because of their shame who say, Aha, aha.

Psalms 124:3then they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us,

Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee. They hiss and gnash the teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found, we have seen it.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 35:18-28

Sorrowful Complaints; David's Appeal and Prayer to God. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. 21 Yea, they opened their mouth… Read the whole commentary →

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