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!”
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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!”
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Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
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Let them not say in their heart: 'Aha, we have our desire'; let them not say: 'We have swallowed him up.'
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Passages linked to Psalms 35:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found it. We have seen it.”
- Psalms 124:3 then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us;
- 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.’ ”
- Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’
- 2 Samuel 20:19 I am among those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up Yahweh’s inheritance?”
- Job 1:5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, 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 renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
- Psalms 27:12 Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.
- Psalms 28:3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Psalms 56:1-2 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
- Psalms 57:3 He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
- Psalms 74:8 They said in their heart, “We will crush them completely.” They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
- Psalms 140:8 Yahweh, don’t grant the desires of the wicked. Don’t let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud.
- Mark 2:6 But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:8 Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
- Psalms 70:3 Let them be turned because of their shame who say, “Aha! Aha!”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Because we have that which we sought for, seeing…
Because we have that which we sought for, seeing he is destroyed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts,…
Psa 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Ver. 25. Ah, so would we have it] Heb. Ah, ah, my soul; that is, our desire; we are voti compotes.
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We have swallowed them up] As swine do swill or ravenous beasts their prey.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Ah, so would we have it; Heb. Aha, our…
Ah, so would we have it; Heb. Aha, our soul, i.e. Oh our soul crieth, Aha; an expression of mirth, as before, Psa 35:21. Or, Aha, we have our wish or desire, as the soul is taken, Psa 41:2. David is now as low as we could wish him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so…
Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so would we have it,.... Or we have what our souls wished for and desired: the sense of the petition is the same with Psa 27:12;
let them not say, we have swallowed him up; as roaring lions swallow down their prey, to which he had compared them, Psa 35:17; and as wicked men eat up the Lord's people as they eat bread, Psa 14:4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 25. Swallowed him up.] בלענוהו billaanuhu, we have…
Verse 25. Swallowed him up.] בלענוהו billaanuhu, we have gulped him down.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 35:25-27. Let them not say, Ah! so would…
Psa 35:25-27. Let them not say, Ah! so would we have it — Hebrew, Aha, our soul; an expression of mirth, as before, Psa 35:21, or, Aha, we have our wish, or desire. We have swallowed him up — David is now as low as we could wish him. Let them be brought to confusion together — As they gathered themselves together to deride and reproach me, so do thou gather them together to confound them; or, as יחדו, jachdav, may be rendered, in like manner, that is, one as well as another. Let the proud and great ones of them be disappointed and ashamed, as well as the meanest among them. That magnify themselves against me — That extol themselves, and their power, and look upon me with scorn and contempt. Let them be glad that favour my righteous cause — That wish well to it, although they want either strength or courage to plead it. Let them say, Let the Lord be magnified — That is, exalted and praised for his righteousness, truth, and goodness, manifested in my deliverance. The great design of my enemies is to magnify themselves, Psa 35:26, but my chief desire is that God should be magnified.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Let them not say in their hearts - Let…
Let them not say in their hearts - Let them not congratulate themselves on the result; let them not feel that they have triumphed; let them not, under thy government, come off victorious in doing wrong.
Ah, so would we have it - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Ah, our soul.” That is, It is just as we thought it was; just as we desired it should be; that is exactly our mind in the case. God has permitted us to triumph, and he has showed that we are right in the matter. He has decided the thing in our favor, and it is just as it should be.
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Let them not say, We have swallowed him up - See the notes at Psa 21:9. The meaning is, We have entirely destroyed him - as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were destroyed by being swallowed up in the earth, Num 16:31-35. Compare Lam 2:16.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain swallowed him up--utterly destroyed him (Psa 21:9; Lam 2:16).
swallowed him up--utterly destroyed him (Psa 21:9; Lam 2:16).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. Ah, so would we have it] Lit. Aha,…
25. Ah, so would we have it] Lit. Aha, our desire!
We have swallowed him up] Destroying every trace of his existence. Cp. Psa_124:3; Pro_1:12; Lam_2:16.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Let them not say in their hearts, Ah! so…
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah! so would we have it (comp. ver. 21); literally, ah! our soul, i.e. "our heart"s desire is accomplished; we have got our wish." Let them not say, We have swallowed him up; i.e. destroyed him, ruined him, brought him to an evil end. (comp. 2Sa_17:16)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Verse 25. ["Let them not say in their hearts,…
Verse 25. ["Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up."] Disappoint them of their prey when their mouths are ready to swallow it. Saints are too dear a morsel for the powers of evil; God will not give his sheep over to the wolfish jaws of persecutors. Just when they are tuning their pipes to celebrate their victory, they shall be made to laugh on the other side of their mouths. They are all too sure, and too boastful; they reckon without their host: little do they dream of the end which will be put to their scheming. Their bird shall be flown, and they themselves shall be in the trap. The prayer of this text is a promise. Even before the lips of the wicked can frame a speech of exultation, they shall be disappointed; their heart-speech shall be forestalled, their wishes frustrated, their knavish tricks exposed.
[Verse] 25. ["Let them not say we have swallowed him up."] And even if they could, like Jonah's whale;e, they would soon be sickened of their feast. A living child of God were more easily swallowed than digested by the malice of hell. [C. H. S.]
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[Verse] 25. The ungodly man's delight, and the righteous, man's refuge.
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