Psalms 40:15

Psalms 40:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
• New International Version (NIV)May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

Context of Psalms 40:15

13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help. 14Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity; Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha! 16Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified! 17But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.

Psalms 40:15 word by word

יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝֗י הֶ֘אָ֥ח׀ הֶאָֽח׃Read the interlinear

• shameבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954

Cross-references for Psalms 40:15

• Psalms 69:24Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of thine anger take hold of them.
• Psalms 70:3Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha!
• Psalms 73:19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
• Psalms 109:6Set a wicked [man] over him, and let [the] adversary stand at his right hand;
• Luke 19:43for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,
• Luke 21:23But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
• Psalms 35:21And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen [it].

Commentaries on Psalms 40:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15That say unto me, Aha, aha - האח האח . See on Psalm 35:21; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Let them be desolate - The word here employed means to be astonished or amazed; then, to be laid waste, or made desolate. As used here, it refers to their purposes, and the wish or prayer is that they might be wholly unsuccessful, or that in respect to success they might be like a waste and desolate field where nothing grows. For a reward - The word used here - עקב ‛êqeb - means the end, the last of anything; then, the recompence, reward, wages, as being…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 The best saints see themselves undone, unless continually preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist had of sin. This made the discovery of a Redeemer so welcome. In all his reflections upon each step of his life, he discovered something amiss. The sight and sense of our sins in their own colours, must distract us, if we have not at the same time some sight of a Saviour. If Christ has triumphed over our spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17The psalmist is troubled by both his adversities and his own sins and prays for rescue. This passage is almost the same as Psalm 70.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. The language is not necessarily imprecatory, but rather a confident expectation (Psa 5:11), though the former sense is not inconsistent with Christ's prayer for the forgiveness of His murderers, inasmuch as their confusion and shame might be the very means to prepare them for humbly seeking forgiveness (compare Ac 2:37).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 40:15

• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Aha!
• Poetry
• Praise
• Preach
• Tarrying
• Wish
• Ah; Aha
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Messiah

Commentaries on Psalms 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings