Psalms 40:14

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Psalms 40:14


← Psalms 40:13 Psalms 40:14 (KJV) Psalms 40:15 →
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
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.
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Let them be ashamedH954 and confoundedH2659 togetherH3162 that seekH1245 after my soulH5315 to destroyH5595 it; let them be drivenH5472 backwardH268 and put to shameH3637 that wishH2655 me evilH7451.


Original Hebrew

יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ ׀ יַחַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי לִסְפֹּותָהּ יִסֹּגוּ אָחֹור וְיִכָּלְמוּ חֲפֵצֵי רָעָתִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ
ye.Vo.shu H954 HVqi3mp may they be ashamed
וְ/יַחְפְּר֨וּ
ve./yach.pe.Ru H2659 HC/Vqi3mp and/ they may be abashed
יַחַד֮
ya.Chad H3162 HD altogether
מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י
me.vak.Shei H1245 HVprmpc (those who) seek
נַפְשִׁ֗/י
naf.Sh/i H5315 HNcbsc/Sp1cs (of) life/ my
לִ/סְפּ֫וֹתָ֥/הּ
li/s.Po.Ta/h H5595 HR/Vqc/Sp3fs to/ snatch away/ it
יִסֹּ֣גוּ
yi.So.gu H5472 HVNi3mp may they be turned back
אָ֭חוֹר
'A.chor H268 HNcmsa backwards
וְ/יִכָּלְמ֑וּ
ve./yi.kal.Mu H3637 HC/VNi3mp and/ may they be humiliated
חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י
cha.fe.Tzei H2655 HAampc (the) (people) desirous of
רָעָתִֽ/י
ra.'a.T/i H7451 HNcfsc/Sp1cs harm/ my
Strong's References
  • H268 — אָחוֹר (ʼâchôwr, aw-khore'): or (shortened) אָחֹר (ʼâchôr) ; from אֲחִירַע (ʼĂchîyraʻ) H299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West; after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-) hind(-er part), time to come, without.
  • H954 — בּוּשׁ (bûwsh, boosh): a primitive root; properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed; (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-) shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
  • H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
  • H2655 — חָפֵץ (châphêts, khaw-fates'): from חָפֵץ (châphêts) H2654; pleased with; delight in, desire, favour, please, have pleasure, whosoever would, willing, wish.
  • H2659 — חָפֵר (châphêr, khaw-fare'): a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as חָפַר (châphar) H2658 through the idea of detection); to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach; be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach.
  • H3162 — יַחַד (yachad, yakh'-ad): from יָחַד (yâchad) H3161; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
  • H3637 — כָּלַם (kâlam, kaw-lawm'): a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult; be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
  • H5315 — נֶפֶשׁ (nephesh, neh'-fesh): from נָפַשׁ (nâphash) H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it.
  • H5472 — סוּג (çûwg, soog): a primitive root; properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize); backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
  • H5595 — סָפָה (çâphâh, saw-faw'): a primitive root; 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); add, augment, consume, destroy, heap, join, perish, put.
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
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