Psalm 40:13-17
New King James Version
13 (A)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me!
14 (B)Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my [a]life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
15 Let them be (C)confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 (D)Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation (E)say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
17 (F)But I am poor and needy;
(G)Yet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:14 Lit. soul
Psalm 40:13-17
English Standard Version
13 (A)Be pleased, O Lord, to (B)deliver me!
O Lord, (C)make haste to help me!
14 (D)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (E)turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who (F)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
(G)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (H)poor and needy,
but (I)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
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