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Don`t let them say in their heart, "Aha! That`s the way we want it." Don`t let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
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A Prayer Against Malicious Joy
Commentators explain that David's prayer is against his enemies' internal, self-congratulatory thoughts. The phrase 'Aha, so would we have it' literally means 'Ah, our soul,' signifying their deep, personal satisfaction in his downfall. They desire not just victory, but the feeling of being proven right, as if God Himself has sided with their evil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let them not say in their hearts – Let them not congratulate themselves on the result; let them not feel that they have triumphed; let the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let them not say in their hearts, ah, so would we have it , &c.] Or we have what our souls wished for and desired: t…
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.
