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Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, "Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!"
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The 'Gotcha' Accusation
Commentators explain that the enemies' cry, "Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it," is not a vague insult. It's a triumphant shout of someone who believes they have personally "detected" the psalmist in a hidden sin. They are opening their mouths wide in mockery, expressing malicious joy over a supposed moral failure they claim to have witnessed firsthand.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me - See the notes at (Psalms 22:13).
And said, Aha, aha! - See ([Re…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me In laughter, scorn, and derision; see (Psalms 22:7[Referenc…
Though the people of God are, and strive to be, quiet, yet it has been common for their enemies to devise deceitful matters against them. David pra…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. I will give thanks to you in a great church. Here he describes the fruit of this help.