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24 Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God.
Do not let them gloat[a] over me.
25 Do not let them say to themselves,[b] “Aha! We have what we wanted!”[c]
Do not let them say, “We have devoured him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:24 tn Heb “rejoice.”
  2. Psalm 35:25 tn Heb “in their heart[s].”
  3. Psalm 35:25 tn Heb “Aha! Our desire!” The “desire” of the psalmist’s enemies is to triumph over him.

24 Vindicate me in your righteousness, Lord my God;
    do not let them gloat(A) over me.
25 Do not let them think, “Aha,(B) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”(C)

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24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

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