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Psalm 40

Sal. 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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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.
Sal. 31:17‑18• 17No sea yo confundido, oh Jehová, ya que te he invocado; Sean corridos los impíos, estén mudos en el profundo.
 18Enmudezcan los labios mentirosos, Que hablan contra el justo cosas duras, Con soberbia y menosprecio. (Sal. 31:17‑18)
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Sal. 35:4,26• 4Avergüéncense y confúndanse los que buscan mi alma: Vuelvan atrás, y sean avergonzados los que mi mal intentan.
 26Avergüencense, y sean confundidos á una los que de mi mal se alegran: Vístanse de vergüenza y de confusión los que se engrandecen contra mí. (Sal. 35:4,26)
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Sal. 70:2‑3• 2Sean avergonzados y confusos Los que buscan mi vida; Sean vueltos atrás y avergonzados Los que mi mal desean.
 3Sean vueltos, en pago de su afrenta hecha, Los que dicen: Ah! ah! (Sal. 70:2‑3)
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Sal. 71:13• 13Sean avergonzados, fallezcan los adversarios de mi alma; Sean cubiertos de vergüenza y de confusión los que mi mal buscan. (Sal. 71:13)
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Is. 41:11• 11He aquí que todos los que se airan contra ti, serán avergonzados y confundidos: serán como nada y perecerán, los que contienden contigo. (Is. 41:11)
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Is. 45:24• 24Y diráse de mí: Ciertamente en Jehová está la justicia y la fuerza: á él vendrán, y todos los que contra él se enardecen, serán avergonzados. (Is. 45:24)
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Mt. 21:38‑41• 38Mas los labradores, viendo al hijo, dijeron entre sí: Este es el heredero; venid, matémosle, y tomemos su heredad.
 39Y tomado, le echaron fuera de la viña, y le mataron.
 40Pues cuando viniere el señor de la viña, ¿qué hará á aquellos labradores?
 41Dícenle: á los malos destruirá miserablemente, y su viña dará á renta á otros labradores, que le paguen el fruto á sus tiempos. (Mt. 21:38‑41)
driven.
Sal. 9:3• 3Por haber sido mis enemigos vueltos atrás: Caerán y perecerán delante de ti. (Sal. 9:3)
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Jn. 18:6• 6Y como les dijo, Yo soy, volvieron atrás, y cayeron en tierra. (Jn. 18:6)
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Hch. 9:4‑6• 4Y cayendo en tierra, oyó una voz que le decía: Saulo, Saulo, ¿por qué me persigues?
 5Y él dijo: ¿Quién eres, Señor? Y él dijo: Yo soy Jesús á quien tú persigues: dura cosa te es dar coses contra el aguijón.
 6El, temblando y temeroso, dijo: ¿Señor, qué quieres que haga? Y el Señor le dice: Levántate y entra en la ciudad, y se te dirá lo que te conviene hacer. (Hch. 9:4‑6)
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Hch. 12:23‑24• 23Y luego el ángel del Señor le hirió, por cuanto no dió la gloria á Dios; y espiró comido de gusanos.
 24Mas la palabra del Señor crecía y era multiplicada. (Hch. 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;