Psalms 40:16

All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

15They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.'

17And I [am] poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:26The humble do eat and are satisfied, Praise Jehovah do those seeking Him, Your heart doth live for ever.

Psalms 35:27They sing and rejoice, who are desiring my righteousness, And they say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified, Who is desiring the peace of His servant.'

Psalms 105:3Boast yourselves in His Holy Name, The heart of those seeking Jehovah rejoiceth.

Psalms 119:111I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

Psalms 119:166I have waited for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy commands I have done.

Ezekiel 26:2Because that Tyre hath said of Jerusalem: Aha, she hath been broken, the doors of the peoples, She hath turned round unto me, I am filled — she hath been 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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