Psalms 70:3

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me! ²May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. ³May those who say, "Aha, aha!" retreat because of their shame.⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation ever say, "Let God be magnified!" ⁵I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

back: Psalms 40:15, Acts 1:18

aha: Heach! Heach! a note of extreme contempt; marking insult and triumph at the same time. Psalms 35:21, Psalms 35:25, Proverbs 24:17, Proverbs 24:18, Ezekiel 25:3, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 36:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:22 - told Job 39:25 - ha Psalms 25:3 - let Psalms 31:17 - wicked Psalms 35:4 - confounded Psalms 40:14 - Let them be ashamed Lamentations 1:13 - he hath turned John 18:6 - they went

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame,.... In

Psalms 40:15 it is, "let them be desolate"; which seems to respect their land and houses, here their persons; Psalms 40:15- :;

that say; in Psalms 40:15 it is added, "to me"; not to his people, but himself,

aha, aha: rejoicing at his calamity and distress. The Targum is,

"we are glad, we are glad;''

Psalms 40:15- :, and compare with this

Ezekiel 25:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame - The only change which occurs in this verse is the substitution of the milder phrase “Let them be turned back,” for “Let them be desolate.” See the notes at Psalms 40:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 70:3. That say, Aha, aha. — האה האה heach! heach! a note of supreme contempt. See on Psalms 40:15.