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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let them be ashamed
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
and confounded
chapher (Hebrew #2659)
figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach
KJV usage: be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
Pronounce: khaw-fare'
Origin: a primitive root (perhaps rath. the same as 2658 through the idea of detection): to blush
together
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
that seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
after my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
to destroy
caphah (Hebrew #5595)
properly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
KJV usage: add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
it; let them be driven
cuwg (Hebrew #5472)
properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
KJV usage: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
Pronounce: soog
Origin: a primitive root
backward
'achowr (Hebrew #268)
from 299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
KJV usage: after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-)hind(-er part), time to come, without.
Pronounce: aw-khore'
Origin: or (shortened) achor {aw-khore'}
and put to shame
kalam (Hebrew #3637)
properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
KJV usage: be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
Pronounce: kaw-lawm'
Origin: a primitive root
that wish
chaphets (Hebrew #2655)
pleased with
KJV usage: delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: from 2654
me evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
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Soul; Spirit

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Ministry on This Verse

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Let them be ashamed.The verbs in the preceding verse, in which the psalmist simply prays for deliverance, are in the imperative; but here, and in the following verses, they are in the future tense, and naturally express the language of lively faith and hope, rather than that of wishing the destruction foreseen and predicted.
Psa. 31:17‑18• 17Jehovah, let me not be ashamed; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, let them be silent in Sheol.
 18Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt. (Psa. 31:17‑18)
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Psa. 35:4,26• 4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt:
 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:4,26)
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Psa. 70:2‑3• 2Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion that seek after my soul; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;
 3Let them turn back because of their shame that say, Aha! Aha! (Psa. 70:2‑3)
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Psa. 71:13• 13Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. (Psa. 71:13)
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Isa. 41:11• 11Lo, all that are incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish. (Isa. 41:11)
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Isa. 45:24• 24Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. (Isa. 45:24)
that.
Matt. 21:38‑41• 38But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
 39And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
 40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?
 41They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. (Matt. 21:38‑41)
driven.
Psa. 9:3• 3When mine enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished at thy presence: (Psa. 9:3)
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John 18:6• 6When therefore he said to them, I am he, they went away backward and fell to the ground. (John 18:6)
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Acts 9:4‑6• 4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
 5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, *I* am Jesus, whom *thou* persecutest.
 6But rise up and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. (Acts 9:4‑6)
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Acts 12:23‑24• 23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
 24But the word of God grew and spread itself. (Acts 12:23‑24)
• (vv. 14-16) The verses that follow distinguish the godly remnant in Israel from the Christ-rejecting mass of the nation. (“Psalms 40” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;