I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
Psalm 35:25 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Do not let them say to themselves, “Aha, we have our heart’s desire.” Do not let them say, “We have swallowed you up.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him. American Standard Version (1901) Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. Common English Bible Don’t let them say to themselves, Yes! Exactly what we wanted! Don’t let them say, “We ate him up!” |
I am one of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel; you seek to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel; why will you swallow up the heritage of the Lord?”
And when the feast days had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This is what Job always did.
then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot. Selah
Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while mischief is in their hearts.
He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame those who trample on me. Selah God will send forth his steadfast love and his faithfulness.
They said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.
The enemy said, ‘I will pursue; I will overtake; I will divide the spoil; my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss, they gnash their teeth, they cry: “We have devoured her! Ah, this is the day we longed for; at last we have seen it!”
He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to, for he said, ‘I am God’s Son.’ ”
At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves, and he said to them, “Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?
When this perishable body puts on imperishability and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”