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Psalm 35:21 KJV
Psalms · chapter 35 · verse 21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.Psalm 35:21 · King James Version
Psalm 35:21 in context
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- widerâchabto broadenH7337 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Ahaheʼâchaha!H1889 →
- eyeʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-28