Psalms 35:21
19 Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
20 For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
- KJV
- Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
- WEB
- Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
- ASV
- Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me; They said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
- DARBY
- And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].
- BLB
- And they opened wide against me their mouths; they said, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen [it]!”
- ÅB
- De sperrer opp munnen mot meg,
de sier: «Ha, ha! Vi har sett det!» - OTB
- De åpnet sine munner vidt mot meg;
De utbrøt, “Aha, aha! Våre øyne har sett det!” - B1930
- Og de lukker sin munn vidt op imot mig, de sier: Ha, ha! Der ser vårt øie!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 40:15
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Read in contextLuke 11:53–54
As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,
Read in contextPsalms 22:13
They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
Read in contextPsalms 70:3
May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
Read in contextPsalms 54:7
For He has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have stared down my foes.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:12
Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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