“Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.”
The psalmist describes the enemies as opening their mouths wide against him, saying 'Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it!' The exclamation 'Aha! Aha!' suggests the gloating and triumphant acknowledgment of what the enemies perceive as the psalmist's fall. The phrase 'Our eyes have seen it' emphasizes that the enemies position themselves as witnesses to what they regard as the triumph of their opposition. This verse conveys the visible and audible hostility of the enemies, their public demonstration of malicious satisfaction.
Church Fathers on Psalms 35:21
1. ...The title of it causes us no delay, for it is both brief, and to be understood not difficult, especially to those nursed in the Church of God. For so it is, “To David himself.” The Psalm then is to David himself: now David is interpreted, Strong in hand, or Desirable. The Psalm then is to the Strong in hand, and Desirable, to Him who for us has overcome death, who unto us has promised life: for in this is He Strong in hand, that He has overcome death for us; in this is…
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