Psalms 40:14
May those who are seeking my life be ashamed and confounded together; may those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonor.
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13O Lord, be pleased to deliver me, haste to my help, O Lord.
15May those who hurrah over me be dumbfounded because of their shame.
Cross References
Psalms 9:3because backward my foes were turned, they stumbled and perished before you.
Psalms 22:20Deliver my life from the sword my life from the power of the dogs.
Psalms 35:4Dishonor and shame be on those who are seeking my life! Defeat and confusion on those who are planning my hurt!
Psalms 70:1Quickly, God, deliver me, hasten to help me, Lord.
Psalms 71:13Put my foes to shame and dishonor, with insult and shame be they covered.
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 →