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Psalm 40:14-16
Easy-to-Read Version
Psalm 40:14-16
Easy-to-Read Version
14 People are trying to kill me.
Please disappoint them.
Humiliate them completely!
They wanted to hurt me.
Make them run away in shame!
15 May those who make fun of me
be too embarrassed to speak!
16 But may those who come to you be happy and rejoice.
May those who love being saved by you always be able to say, “Praise the Lord!”[a]
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:16 Praise the Lord Literally, “The Lord is great” or “May the Lord be magnified.”
Psalm 40:14-16
New International Version
Psalm 40:14-16
New International Version
14 May all who want to take my life(A)
be put to shame and confusion;(B)
may all who desire my ruin(C)
be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(D)
be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you(E)
rejoice and be glad(F) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The Lord is great!”(G)
Psalm 40:14-16
King James Version
Psalm 40:14-16
King James Version
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
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