Psalms 35:25

"Vindicate me, LORD my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me."

Key Reflection

This verse expresses a plea for divine justice and vindication, asking the Lord to act based on His righteous nature. The speaker also prays that his adversaries should not derive satisfaction from their perceived victory over him.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Let them not say in their hearts -Let them not congratulate themselves on the result; let them not feel that they have triumphed; let them not, under thy government, come off victorious in doing wrong. Ah, so would we have it -Margin, as in Hebrew, “Ah, our soul.” That is, It is just as we thought it was; just as we desired it should be; that is exactly our mind in the case. God has permitted us to triumph, and he has showed that we are right in the matter. He has decided the thing in our favor, and it is just as it should be. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up -See the notes atPsalms 21:9.

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