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Psalm 40:14-16
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 40:14-16
New Catholic Bible
14 [a]Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me
O Lord, come quickly to my aid.
15 [b]May all those who seek to take my life
endure shame and confusion.
May all those who desire my ruin
be turned back and humiliated.
16 May those who cry out to me, “Aha, aha!”[c]
be overcome with shame and dismay.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:14 Distress can remind a person of his attachment to sin. Is there any reason why people should vilify the person who acknowledges his faults? Realizing his attraction toward evil, the psalmist cries out to God, and the poor man rediscovers the joyous assurance that God thinks about him.
- Psalm 40:15 See notes on Pss 5:11; 35.
- Psalm 40:16 Aha, aha!: the mocking words of the psalmist’s adversaries.
