English Standard Version
Psalms 40:15
15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
Context of Psalms 40:15
13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me! 14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt! Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!" 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is the Lord!" 17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
Read all of Psalms 40Psalms 40:15 word by word
יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝֗י הֶ֘אָ֥ח׀ הֶאָֽח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 40:15
- Psalms 69:24Pour out your indignation upon them, and let your burning anger overtake them.
- Psalms 70:3Let them turn back because of their shame who say, "Aha, Aha!"
- Psalms 73:19How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
- Psalms 109:6Appoint a wicked man against him; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- Luke 19:43For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
- Luke 21:23Alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress upon the earth and wrath against this people.
- Psalms 35:21They open wide their mouths against me; they say, "Aha, Aha! Our eyes have 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
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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
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