Psalms 40:14
Let them be put to shame and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
15Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.
Cross References
Psalms 9:3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, the only one of me from the power of the dog.
Psalms 35:4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.
Psalms 70:1[Hasten], O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalms 71:13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.
Isaiah 41:11Behold, all those who are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded. Those who strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:12-17
Encouragement in Prayer. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord , to deliver me: O Lord , make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven… Read the whole commentary →