Psalms 35:25

25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”

Psalms 35:25 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so would we have it,
&c.] Or we have what our souls wished for and desired: the sense of the petition is the same with ( Psalms 27:12 ) ;

let them not say, we have swallowed him up;
as roaring lions swallow down their prey, to which he had compared them, ( Psalms 35:17 ) ; and as wicked men eat up the Lord's people as they eat bread, ( Psalms 14:4 ) .

Psalms 35:25 In-Context

23 Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord.

24 Declare me not guilty, O LORD my God, for you give justice. Don’t let my enemies laugh about me in my troubles.

25 Don’t let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”

26 May those who rejoice at my troubles be humiliated and disgraced. May those who triumph over me be covered with shame and dishonor.

27 But give great joy to those who came to my defense. Let them continually say, “Great is the LORD, who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”