Psalms 40:16

Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me : 'T is well, 't is well.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

In Context

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.

17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:26With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.

Psalms 35:27Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always : The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant.

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

Ezekiel 26:2Son of man, because Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, the gates of the people are broken, she is turned to me: I shall be filled, now she is laid waste.

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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