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Psalm 40:4

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40:4How blessed8 is the one9 who trusts in the Lord10

and does not seek help from11 the proud or from liars!12

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Footnotes

  1. 8 The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
  2. 9 Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in .
  3. 10 Heb “who has made the Lord his [object of] trust.”
  4. 11 Heb “and does not turn toward.”
  5. 12 Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blessed is the man who makes

the Lord his trust,

who does not turn to the proud,

to those who go astray after a lie!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Blessed is the one

who trusts in the Lord,

who does not look to the proud,

to those who turn aside to false gods.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How happy is anyone

who has put his trust in the Lord

and has not turned to the proud

or to those who run after lies!

NLTNew Living Translation

Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,

who have no confidence in the proud

or in those who worship idols.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust

and does not turn to the proud and to those who fall away to a lie.

KJV 1900King James Version

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,

And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.