Psalms 35:21

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,.... In laughter, scorn, and derision; see Psa 22:7;

and said, Aha, aha: a word expressive of joy; and the doubling it shows the greatness of it;

our…

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me - See the notes at Psa 22:13. And said, Aha, aha! - See Psa 40:15; Psa 70:3. The language is that which we use when we “detect” another in doing wrong - in…

In these verses, as before,

I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against…

And they open … a gesture of contempt (Isa 57:4), rather than of murderous intent (Psa 35:35): they say, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen: seen its desire, seen the fall of the man whose rise excited our…