Discovery BoxPsalms 35:24-26
Context35:24 Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God!
Do not let them gloat 1 over me!
35:25 Do not let them say to themselves, 2 “Aha! We have what we wanted!” 3
Do not let them say, “We have devoured him!”
35:26 May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 4
May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! 5
[35:25] 2 tn Heb “in their heart[s].”
[35:25] 3 tn Heb “Aha! Our desire!” The “desire” of the psalmist’s enemies is to triumph over him.
[35:26] 3 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones who rejoice over my harm.”
[35:26] 4 tn Heb “may they be clothed with shame and humiliation, the ones who magnify [themselves] against me.” The prefixed verbal forms in v. 26 are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-25, where the negative particle אַל (’al) appears before the prefixed verbal forms, indicating they are jussives). The psalmist is calling down judgment on his enemies.
