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Psalms 40:15
15Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
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
13Please, Lord, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me. 14May those who try to destroy me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace. Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!” 16But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, “The Lord is great!” 17As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts. You are my helper and my savior. O 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 40:15
- Psalms 69:24Pour out your fury on them; consume them with your burning anger.
- Psalms 70:3Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”
- Psalms 73:19In an instant they are destroyed, completely swept away by terrors.
- Psalms 109:6They say, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.
- Luke 19:43Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your walls and encircle you and close in on you from every side.
- Luke 21:23How terrible it will be for pregnant women and for nursing mothers in those days. For there will be disaster in the land and great anger against this people.
- Psalms 35:21They shout, “Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we saw him do 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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