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Psalm 40:4–5

4 eBlessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,

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

5 fMany, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works

Which You have done;

gAnd Your thoughts toward us

Cannot be recounted to You in order;

If I would declare and speak of them,

They are more than can be numbered.

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Psalm 40:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Blessed is the one

who trusts in the Lord,

who does not look to the proud,

to those who turn aside to false gods.

Many, Lord my God,

are the wonders you have done,

the things you planned for us.

None can compare with you;

were I to speak and tell of your deeds,

they would be too many to declare.

Psalm 40:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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!

You have multiplied, O Lord my God,

your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;

none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them,

yet they are more than can be told.

Psalm 40:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,

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

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.

Psalm 40:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,

who have no confidence in the proud

or in those who worship idols.

O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.

Your plans for us are too numerous to list.

You have no equal.

If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,

I would never come to the end of them.

Psalm 40:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Happy is the person

who trusts the Lord,

who doesn’t turn to those who are proud

or to those who worship false gods.

Lord my God, you have done many miracles.

Your plans for us are many.

If I tried to tell them all,

there would be too many to count.

Psalm 40:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust,

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

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,

And thy thoughts which are to us-ward;

They cannot be set in order unto thee;

If I would declare and speak of them,

They are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 40:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (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. Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered.

Psalm 40:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Blessed is the person 

who places his confidence in the Lord 

and does not rely on arrogant people 

or those who follow lies. 

You have done many miraculous things, O Lord my God. 

You have made many wonderful plans for us. 

No one compares to you! 

I will tell others about your miracles, 

which are more than I can count. 

Psalm 40:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

How happy is the man

who has put his trust in the Lord

and has not turned to the proud

or to those who run after lies!

Lord my God, You have done many things—

Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;

none can compare with You.

If I were to report and speak of them,

they are more than can be told.

Psalm 40:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Happy are those who make

the Lord their trust,

who do not turn to the proud,

to those who go astray after false gods.

You have multiplied, O Lord my God,

your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;

none can compare with you.

Were I to proclaim and tell of them,

they would be more than can be counted.

Psalm 40:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done—

your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us.

There is none to compare with you.

If I tried to proclaim and tell of them,

they would be too numerous to count.

Psalm 40:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Blessed is the man

who trusts in the Lord.

He doesn’t look to proud people for help.

He doesn’t turn away to worship statues of gods.

Lord my God,

no one can compare with you.

You have done many miracles.

And you plan to do many more for us.

There are too many of them

for me to talk about.

Psalm 40:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,

And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done,

And Your thoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

If I would declare and speak of them,

They would be too numerous to count.


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