Psalms 40:17
Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me : 'T is well, 't is well.
Cross References
Psalms 34:6Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded.
Psalms 40:5Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.
Psalms 69:33Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
Psalms 86:1A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.
Psalms 143:7Attend to my supplication: for I am brought very low. Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Isaiah 41:17The needy and the poor seek for waters, and there are none: their tongue hath been dry with thirst. I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
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 →