Psalm 35:25
25 Let them not say ['amar] in their hearts [leb], Ah [heach], so would we have it [nephesh]: let them not say ['amar],
We have swallowed him up [bala`]. KJV-Interlinear
25
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say,
“We have swallowed him up.” ESV
Reference to believers in
general, and to Jesus Christ in particular.
Evil presumes triumph
when there are no immediate repercussions.
Evil celebrates when they seem to have defeated others or to have won by
their efforts.
In their hearts, is a
reference to the content of their soul.
What they think is what they are, and evil is evil through and through
when truth is rejected.
As to Christ, the mob and
the powers that be, presumed that once he had been crucified, then that was it.
They had stopped any
opposition toward themselves, by means of executing someone. They presume that death is the end and that
no one can do anything after they have died.
And as far as Jesus is
concerned, they could not have been more wrong.
As far as believers are
concerned, then evil presumes that their death or defeat is the end. But, time goes on and there is far more after
this life than in this life.
Evil presumes that this
life is all there is and all that matters.
But that too is wrong.
Anyone, any believer, who
is defeated in life, in this life, has the next life, to be vindicated.
Life does not begin and
end here. It goes on and on and God has
charge of it all.
