I am one of many peaceful, loyal people in this town. You are trying to destroy an important city of Israel. Why do you want to destroy something that belongs to the Lord?”
Psalm 35:25 - Easy To Read Version Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 many peaceful, loyal people in this town. You are trying to destroy an important city of Israel. Why do you want to destroy something that belongs to the Lord?”
Job got up early in the morning after his children had a party. He offered a burnt offering for each of his children. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so his children would be forgiven of their sins.
Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par
Lord, those people are wicked.\par Don’t let them have what they want.\par Don’t let their plans succeed.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [640]})\i0 \par
My enemies have attacked me.\par They have told lies about me.\par They have told lies to hurt me.\par
Lord, don’t think of me\par as one of those bad people\par Those people greet their neighbors\par with the word “Shalom.” {\cf2\super [170]} \par But in their hearts they are planning\par bad things against their neighbors.\par
From heaven he helps me and saves me.\par He defeats the people who bother me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [336]})\i0 \par
People made fun of me.\par I hope they get what they deserve\par and feel the shame.\par
The enemy decided to crush us completely.\par They burned every holy place {\cf2\super [423]} \par in the country.\par
“The enemy said, ‘I’ll chase them and catch them. I’ll take all their riches. I’ll take it all with my sword. I’ll take everything for myself.’
All your enemies laugh at you.\par They whistle and grind their teeth at you.\par They say,\par “We have swallowed them up!\par This is truly the day we were hoping for.\par We have finally seen this happen.”\par
He trusted God. So let God save him now, if God really wants him. He himself said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Some of the teachers of the law were sitting there. They saw what Jesus did, and they said to themselves,
Jesus knew that these teachers of the law were thinking those things about him. So Jesus said to them, “Why do you have these questions in your minds?
So this \{body\} that ruins will clothe itself with that which never ruins. And this body that dies will clothe itself with that which never dies. When this happens, then the Scriptures {\cf2\super [119]} will be made true: