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Psalms 40:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 40:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:146 words
HebrewMeaning
רְצֵ֣הrəṣēh
be pleasedverbH7521
accomplish · set affection · approve · consent with ···
יְ֭הוָהyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/הַצִּילֵ֑/נִיləhaṣiylēniy
to deliver mepronH5337
at all · deliver · escape · without fail ···
יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/עֶזְרָ֥תִ/יləʿezərātiy
to help mypronH5833
-er)
חֽוּשָׁ/הḥwšāh
make haste !verbH2363
ready
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 40:14

1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will be accomplished hereafter. All of them, however, will be fulfilled, because He is “the Truth” who speaks them, and requires of us to be as “faithful,” as He Himself speaks them faithfully.... 2. Let us say then what this Psalm says. “I waited patiently for the Lord” Psalm 39:1. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 40 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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