Psalm 35:25

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 35:25 In-Context

23 Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord.

24 Judge me, O Lord, according to thy righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, it is pleasing to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him.

26 Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me.

27 Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant.