Psalms 35:21
And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said : Well done, well done, our eyes have seen it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
In Context
20For they spoke indeed peaceably to me; and speaking in the anger of the earth they devised guile.
22Thou hast seen, O Lord, be not thou silent : O Lord, depart not from me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.
Psalms 40:15Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
Psalms 54:7Turn back the evils upon my enemies; and cut them off in thy truth.
Isaiah 9:12The Syrians from the east, and the Philistines from the west: and they shall devour Israel with open mouth, For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Ezekiel 25:3And thou shalt say to the children of Ammon: Hear ye the word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thou hast said: Ha, ha, upon my sanctuary, because it was profaned: and upon the land of Israel, because it was laid waste: and upon the house of Juda, because they are led into captivity:
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 →