Psalms 40:4
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
- KJV
- Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- WEB
- Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
- ASV
- Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- DARBY
- Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.
- BLB
- Blessed [is] the man who makes YHWH his refuge, and does not turn toward the proud, and those turning aside to falsehood!
- ÅB
- Lykkelig er den som setter sin lit til Herren
og ikke vender seg til de overmodige
og til dem som bøyer av til løgn. - OTB
- Salig er den mann som har gjort Herren til sin tillit,
Og ikke har vendt seg til de stolte, eller til dem som blir involvert i falskhet. - B1930
- Salig er den mann som setter sin lit til Herren og ikke vender sig til overmodige og til dem som bøier av til løgn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 17:7–8
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Read in contextPsalms 84:11–12
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Read in contextPsalms 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Read in contextPsalms 125:5
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.
Read in contextPsalms 118:8–9
It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Read in contextPsalms 2:12
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.
Read in contextRomans 15:12–13
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.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:9–11
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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