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Psalms 40:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.


Psalms 40:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:1511 words
HebrewMeaning
יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּyēbōšw
may they be ashamedverbH954
make · bring to · cause · put to ···
וְ/יַחְפְּר֨וּwəyaḥəpərw
and they may be abashedconjH2659
be confounded · be brought to confusion · come shame · bring reproach
יַחַד֮yaḥad
altogetheradvH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
מְבַקְשֵׁ֥יməbaqəšēy
those who seekverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
life mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
לִ/סְפּ֫וֹתָ֥/הּlisəpwōtāh
to snatch away itpronH5595
augment · consume · destroy · heap ···
יִסֹּ֣גוּyisōgw
may they be turned backverbH5472
drive · go back · turn (away · back)
אָ֭חוֹרʾāḥwōr
backwardsnounH268
back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···
וְ/יִכָּלְמ֑וּwəyikāləmw
and may they be humiliatedconjH3637
blush · be confounded · be put to confusion · hurt ···
חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗יḥăpēṣēy
the people desirous ofadjH2655
desire · favour · please · have pleasure ···
רָעָתִֽ/יrāʿātiy
harm mynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
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 40:15

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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