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15 [a]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!”[b]
    be overcome with shame and dismay.
17 But may all who seek you
    rejoice in you and be jubilant.
May those who love your salvation
    cry out forever, “The Lord be magnified.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:15 See notes on Pss 5:11; 35.
  2. Psalm 40:16 Aha, aha!: the mocking words of the psalmist’s adversaries.