Psalms 70:3
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
2 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
5 But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.
- KJV
- Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
- WEB
- Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”
- ASV
- Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
- DARBY
- Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!
- BLB
- Let them be turned back over the heel of their shame, those saying, “Aha, aha!”
- ÅB
- La dem som sier: Ha, ha, vende tilbake for sin skjensels skyld!
- OTB
- Måtte de som håner med “Aha, aha!” bli drevet tilbake
På grunn av sin vanære. - B1930
- La dem som sier: Ha, ha, vende tilbake for sin skjensels skyld!
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 contextProverbs 24:17–18
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Read in contextActs 1:18
(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.
Read in contextEzekiel 25:3
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
Read in contextPsalms 35:21
They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Read in contextEzekiel 26:2
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
Read in contextPsalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
Read in contextEzekiel 36:2
This is what the Lord GOD says: Because the enemy has said of you, ‘Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession,’
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