Psalms 35:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They are ready to devour me; they say,“Aha! Aha! We’ve got you!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:13 : 13 They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.
  • Ps 40:15 : 15 May those who say to me,“Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!
  • Ps 70:3 : 3 May those who say,“Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced!
  • Isa 9:12 : 12 Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.
  • Luke 11:53-54 : 53 When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things, 54 plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say.
  • Ps 54:7 : 7 Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies.

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    16פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”

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    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

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    15May those who say to me,“Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!

  • Ps 35:15-16
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    15But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest.

    16When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me.

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    19Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes!

    20For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who live peacefully in the land.

  • Ps 35:22
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    22But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

  • Ps 109:2-3
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    2For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me.

    3They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason.

  • Ps 22:7
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    7All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads.

  • Ps 35:25-26
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    25Do not let them say to themselves,“Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say,“We have devoured him!”

    26May those who rejoice in my troubles be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation!

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    3May those who say,“Aha! Aha!” be driven back and disgraced!

  • Ps 17:10-11
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    11They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

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    13They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey.

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    60You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me.

    61ש(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me.

    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

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    70%

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    25I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

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    70%

    17I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph.

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