Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Berean Standard Bible

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

24Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.

26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”

Psalms 27:12Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

Psalms 70:3May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see 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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