Psalms 40:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְצֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָׁה

Transliteration

Rəṣēh YHWH ləhaṣṣîlēnî; YHWH ləʿezrātî ḥûšâ

Grammar Details

*Rəṣēh*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - 'be pleased/willing'
*YHWH*: proper divine name
*ləhaṣṣîlēnî*: preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular object suffix - 'to deliver me'
*ləʿezrātî*: preposition + feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'to my help'
*ḥûšâ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - 'hasten/hurry'

Word Meanings

*Rəṣēh*: be pleased/be willing/take delight
*ləhaṣṣîlēnî*: to deliver me/to rescue me/to save me
*ləʿezrātî*: to my help/for my assistance
*ḥûšâ*: hasten/hurry/make haste

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 35:4 : 4 Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
Ps 35:26 : 26 Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.
Ps 71:13 : 13 Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.
Isa 41:11 : 11 Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Isa 45:24 : 24 Only in Jehovah, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength; even to him shall men come; and all they that were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
Matt 21:38-41 : 38 But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance. 39 And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
John 18:6 : 6 When therefore he said unto them, I am [he], they went {G1519} backward, and fell to the ground.
Acts 9:4-6 : 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: 6 but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Acts 12:23-24 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because {G3739} he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Ps 70:2-3 : 2 Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. 3 Let them be turned back by reason of their shame That say, Aha, aha.
Ps 9:3 : 3 When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Ps 31:17-18 : 17 Let me not be put to shame, O Jehovah; For I have called upon thee: Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. 18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.

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1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
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4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.
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