Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha! we have our wish!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Noyes 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

24Judge me according to thy righteousness, O Jehovah, my God! Let them not triumph over me!

26May they all be confounded and brought to shame, Who rejoice at my calamity! May they be clothed with ignominy and disgrace, Who exalt themselves against me!

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Give me not up to the will of my adversaries! For false witnesses have risen up against me, And such as breathe out injustice.

Psalms 56:1“For the leader of the music. To be sung to the tune of “The dumb dove among strangers.” A psalm of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.” Have pity upon me, O God! for man panteth for my life; My adversary daily oppresseth me!

Psalms 70:3May they be turned back with shame Who cry out to me, “Aha! aha!”

Psalms 124:3Then had they swallowed us up alive, When their wrath burned against us;

Lamentations 2:16All thine enemies open their mouths against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; They say: “We have swallowed her up; Yea, 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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