“Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.”
The psalmist begs that the enemies not say 'Aha! We have what we desired!' and not claim to have swallowed him up. The vivid language of 'swallowed him up' suggests that the enemies aim at complete destruction and the erasure of the psalmist. The psalmist's urgent prayer is that the moment of enemy triumph not be allowed to occur, that God will intervene before the enemies achieve their goals. This verse articulates the desperation of one who faces imminent destruction and depends entirely on God's intervention.
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