Psalms 40:14

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head : and my heart hath forsaken me.

15Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:3I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou most high.

Psalms 22:20But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.

Psalms 35:4Let them be confounded and ashamed that seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and be confounded that devise against me.

Psalms 70:1Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him.

Psalms 71:13Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and shame that seek my hurt.

Isaiah 41:11Behold all that fight against thee shall be confounded and ashamed, they shall be as nothing, and the men shall perish that strive against thee.

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 →

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