Psalms 35:25
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
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 thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Read in contextPsalms 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Read in contextMatthew 27:43
He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Read in contextJob 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Read in contextPsalms 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
Read in contextPsalms 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Read in contextExodus 15:9
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Read in contextPsalms 56:1–2
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
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