Psalms 40:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed is that man that maketh{H8804)} the LORD his trust, and respecteth{H8804)} not the proud, nor such as turn aside{H8802)} to lies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֬ן בְּפִ֨י ׀ שִׁ֥יר חָדָשׁ֮ תְּהִלָּ֢ה לֵֽאלֹ֫הֵ֥ינוּ יִרְא֣וּ רַבִּ֣ים וְיִירָ֑אוּ וְ֝יִבְטְח֗וּ בַּיהוָֽה

Transliteration

Wayyittēn in my pî šîr ḥādāš, təhillâ to our ʾĕlōhênû. Yirʾû rabbîm wəyîrāʾû, wəyibṭəḥû in YHWH

Grammar Details

• *Wayyittēn*: Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he put/placed'
• *pî*: masculine noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my mouth'
• *šîr ḥādāš*: masculine noun + masculine adjective - 'new song'
• *təhillâ*: feminine noun - 'praise'
• *ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun with 1st person plural possessive suffix - 'our God'
• *Yirʾû rabbîm*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + masculine adjective - 'many will see'
• *wəyîrāʾû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with conjunction - 'and will fear'
• *wəyibṭəḥû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with conjunction - 'and will trust'
• *YHWH*: proper divine name with preposition bet - 'in the LORD'

Word Meanings

• *šîr ḥādāš*: new song/fresh song
• *təhillâ*: praise/song of praise/hymn
• *Yirʾû*: they will see/they will perceive/they will observe
• *wəyîrāʾû*: and they will fear/and they will be in awe/and they will reverence
• *wəyibṭəḥû*: and they will trust/and they will rely on/and they will place confidence in

Referenced Verses

• Ps 34:8 : 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
• Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
• Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
• Ps 84:11-12 : 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give{H8799)} grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold{H8799)} from them that walk{H8802)} uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth{H8802)} in thee.
• Ps 101:3-7 : 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
• Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
• Jer 17:7-8 : 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
• Jonah 2:8 : 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
• Rom 15:12-13 : 12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. 13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: