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Psalm 40:14–15

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40:14May those who are trying to snatch away my life

be totally embarrassed and ashamed!31

May those who want to harm me

be turned back and ashamed!32

40:15May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

be humiliated33 and disgraced!34

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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”
  2. 32 The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse (“may those … be … embarrassed and ashamed … may those … be turned back and ashamed”) are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies. See Ps 35:4 for a similar prayer.
  3. 33 The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive in this imprecation.
  4. 34 Heb “May they be humiliated according to their shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’ ”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether

who seek to snatch away my life;

let those be turned back and brought to dishonor

who delight in my hurt!

Let those be appalled because of their shame

who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May all who want to take my life

be put to shame and confusion;

may all who desire my ruin

be turned back in disgrace.

May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

be appalled at their own shame.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let those who intend to take my life

be disgraced and confounded.

Let those who wish me harm

be turned back and humiliated.

Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

be appalled because of their shame.

NLTNew Living Translation

May those who try to destroy me

be humiliated and put to shame.

May those who take delight in my trouble

be turned back in disgrace.

Let them be horrified by their shame,

for they said, “Aha! We’ve got him now!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let them be shamed and abashed altogether

who seek to take away my life.

Let them be repulsed and humiliated

who desire my harm.

Let them be appalled because of their shame,

those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame

That say unto me, Aha, aha.