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Psalms 40:15
15May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
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.
- 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!”
- 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 to save me, Lord; come quickly, Lord, to help me. 14May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame. 16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” 17But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.
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 wrath on them; let your fierce anger overtake them.
- Psalms 70:3May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” turn back because of their shame.
- Psalms 73:19How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
- Psalms 109:6Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- Luke 19:43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.
- Luke 21:23How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.
- Psalms 35:21They sneer at me and say, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we 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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