Psalms 35:25

inwardly saying, “Hurrah! The desire of our hearts at last! Now we have swallowed him up.”

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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

24You are just, Lord: win for me justice, let them not rejoice over me,

26Shame and confusion together on those who rejoice at my hurt! Clothed with shame and dishonor be those who are haughty to me!

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Cross References

Psalms 27:12Give me not up, O Lord, unto the rage of my foes; for against me have risen false witnesses, breathing out cruelty.

Psalms 56:1O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.

Psalms 70:3May those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonor.

Psalms 124:3then alive they’d have swallowed us up, when their anger was kindled against us.

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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