Psalms 35:23 — Meaning and Application

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, {and} said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen {it}.

{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, {even} unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. {Ah...: Heb. Ah, ah, our soul}