Psalms 35:21 · KJV
“Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, {and} said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen {it}.”
— Psalms 35:21
For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against {them that are} quiet in the land.
{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 35 — Context
Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: {neither} let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. {wrongfully: Heb. falsely}
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}.
22{This} 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.
Cross References
Psalms 22:13
They gaped upon me {with} their mouths, {as} a ravening and a roaring lion. {gaped...: Heb. opened their mouths against me}
Luke 11:53-54
And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge {him} vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Psalms 40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Psalms 70:3
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalms 54:7
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen {his desire} upon mine enemies.
Isaiah 9:12
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand {is} stretched out still. {open: Heb. whole}