Psalms 40:14

Psalms 40:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
• New International Version (NIV)May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let 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!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life; Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil.

Context of Psalms 40:14

12Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect me. 13For evils beyond number surround me, my sins have overtaken me —I cannot see— they are more than the hairs of my head —and my heart fails me. Adonai, please deliver me! Adonai, come quickly to help me! 15Let those who seek my life to sweep it away be put to shame and humiliated. Let those who wish me evil be turned back in disgrace. 16Let those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled over their own shame.

Psalms 40:14 word by word

יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ׀ יַחַד֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗י לִסְפּ֫וֹתָ֥הּ יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let them be ashamedבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• and confoundedחָפֵרchâphêr · be ashamedH2659
• togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• that seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• after my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• to destroyסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• it; let them be drivenסוּגsûg · to turnH5472
• backwardאָחוֹר'âchôr 'âchôr · backH268
• and put to shameכָּלַםkâlam · be humiliatedH3637
• that wishחָפֵץchâphêts · delightingH2655
• me evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451

Cross-references for Psalms 40:14

• Psalms 31:17Make Your face shine on Your servant. Save me in Your lovingkindness.
• Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced. May they be turned back and humiliated —those who plot evil against me.
• Psalms 70:2O God, come quickly to deliver me, Adonai, to help me.
• Psalms 71:13Let the accusers of my soul be disgraced and destroyed. Let those who seek to harm me be covered with scorn and confusion.
• Isaiah 41:11Behold, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing and perish.
• Isaiah 45:24They will say of Me, ‘Only in Adonai is righteousness and strength.’ All who have raged against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.
• Matthew 21:38“But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir! Come on, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’
• Psalms 9:3I will be glad and rejoice in You. I will sing praise to Your Name, Elyon!
• John 18:6So when Yeshua said to them, “I am,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
• Acts 9:4Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
• Acts 12:23Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down—because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.

Commentaries on Psalms 40:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Let them be ashamed and confounded together - See at Psalm 35:4, note; Psalm 35:26, note. This may be understood here rather as a confident expectation than a wish or desire. It implies the certainty that they would thus be ashamed and confounded; that is, that they would not be successful, or would be foiled in their purposes. But understood as a wish or prayer, it could not be improper. There is no sin in the wish that the wicked may not be successful…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 40:14

• Prayer

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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