Psalms 40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Psalms 40:15 in other translations
| BSB | May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame. |
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| WEB | Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!” |
| ASV | Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha. |
| YLT | They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, ‘Aha, aha.' |
| DARBY | Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha! |
| BBE | Let those who say to me, Aha, aha! be surprised because of their shame. |
| Webster | Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha. |
What does Psalms 40:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 40:14-15
14-15. The language is not necessarily imprecatory, but rather a confident expectation (Psa 5:11), though the former sense is not inconsistent with Christ's prayer for the forgiveness of His murderers, inasmuch as their confusion and shame might be the very means to prepare them for humbly seeking forgiveness (compare Ac 2:37).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 40:11-17
The best saints see themselves undone, unless continually preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist had of sin. This made the discovery of a Redeemer so welcome. In all his reflections upon each step of his life, he discovered something amiss. The sight and sense of our sins in their own colours, must distract us, if we have not at the same time some sight of a Saviour. If Christ has…
Psalms 40:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 40:15
- Psalms 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
- Psalms 35:21
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
- Psalms 69:24-25
Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.
- Luke 19:43-44
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Psalms 70:3-4
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
- Psalms 73:19
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Luke 21:23-24
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Psalms 109:6-20
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. …
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Context
- Psalms 40:14
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.
- Psalms 40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- Psalms 40:16
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 40:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sean asolados en pago de su afrenta los que me dicen: ¡Ea, ea! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que ceux qui cherchent mon âme pour la détruire soient tous ensemble honteux et confondus; qu’ils se retirent en arrière et soient confus, ceux qui prennent plaisir à mon malheur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Laß sich entsetzen ob ihrer Schande, die von mir sagen: Haha! Haha! |