Psalms 35:25

²³ Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!

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

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

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

²⁷ May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
KJV: Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
WEB: Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
ASV: Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
DARBY: Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
BLB: Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, our desire!” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”

ÅB: La dem ikke si i hjertet sitt: «Ha! Som vi ønsket!»
La dem ikke si: «Vi har slukt ham!»
OTB: La dem ikke si i sitt hjerte, “Aha, vårt ønske!”
La dem ikke si, “Vi har fortært ham!”
B1930: La dem ikke si i sitt hjerte: Ha! Efter ønske! La dem ikke si: Vi har opslukt ham!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Lamentations 2:16
All 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!”
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Psalms 124:3
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
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Matthew 27:43
He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
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Job 1:5
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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Psalms 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah
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Psalms 27:12
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
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Exodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
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Psalms 56:1–2
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
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