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3Let them be turned back{H8799)} for a reward of their shame that say{H8802)}, Aha, aha.

Psalms 70:3

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

  • Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: …

  • Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

  • And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

  • Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

The title tells us that this psalm was designed to bring to remembrance; that is, to put God in remembrance of his mercy and promises (for so we are said to do when we pray to him and plead with him. Isa. 43:26; Put me in remembrance )--not that the Eternal Mind needs a remembrancer, but this honour he is pleased to put upon the prayer of faith. Or, rather, to put himself and others in remembrance…

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