Psalms 35:21
They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!”
English Standard Version (ESV)
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This verse reveals that the enemies' taunts aren't just simple gloating; they're rooted in a smug sense of "discovery." The "Aha, aha!" isn't just a cry of joy, but a declaration that they've caught the psalmist in a supposed wrongdoing, feeling vindicated in their hatred because their eyes have "seen it"—their desired downfall.
David is crying out to God because his enemies are not only seeking his destruction but are actively mocking him with cruel taunts. They are exulting as if they've caught him in some wrongdoing or seen his downfall, expressing their malicious triumph with loud shouts and wide-open mouths. This verse captures their gleeful, scornful cries, revealing the depth of their hatred and David's desperate need for God's intervention.
This passage describes a similar scene of enemies mocking and sneering, explicitly mentioning 'all who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.'
Job 16:10Job also recounts enemies gathering against him and expressing malicious joy, saying 'They gnash upon me with their teeth; my enemies stare at me.'
Lamentations 2:16This verse shows enemies gloating and rejoicing over Jerusalem's downfall, uttering similar expressions of triumph: 'All your enemies puff out their cheeks at you; they hiss, they wag their heads.'
Matthew 27:39-40During Jesus' crucifixion, the passersby and chief priests, scribes, and elders mock him with similar taunts, fulfilling the prophetic cries of distress and mockery found in the Psalms.
calvinPsalms 35:19-23: "Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause."
- Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink with the eye. 20. For they speak not peace; [719] but devise deceitful words upon the clefts of the earth. 21. They have opened their mouth against me: they have said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it. [720] 22. O Jehovah! thou hast also…
cambridgePsalms 35:21: "Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it."
21 . And they open … a gesture of contempt ( Isaiah 57:4 ), rather than of murderous intent ( Psalm 35:25 ): they say, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen: seen its desire, seen the fall of the man whose rise excited our envy.
This verse reveals that the enemies' taunts aren't just simple gloating; they're rooted in a smug sense of "discovery." The "Aha, aha!" isn't just a cry of joy, but a declaration that they've caught the psalmist in a supposed wrongdoing, feeling vindicated in their hatred because their eyes have "seen it"—their desired downfall.
David is crying out to God because his enemies are not only seeking his destruction but are actively mocking him with cruel taunts. They are exulting as if they've caught him in some wrongdoing or seen his downfall, expressing their malicious triumph with loud shouts and wide-open mouths. This verse captures their gleeful, scornful cries, revealing the depth of their hatred and David's desperate need for God's intervention.
David is crying out to God because his enemies are not only seeking his destruction but are actively mocking him with cruel taunts. They are exulting as if they've caught him in some wrongdoing or seen his downfall, expressing their malicious triumph with loud shouts and wide-open mouths. This verse captures their gleeful, scornful cries, revealing the depth of their hatred and David's desperate need for God's intervention.
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"They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!”" — This verse reveals that the enemies' taunts aren't just simple gloating; they're rooted in a smug sense of "discovery." The "Aha, aha!" isn't just a cry of joy, but a declaration that they've caught…
