Verse 15
Psalms 40:15
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
15
Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְ/יַחְפְּר֨וּ יַחַד֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗/י לִ/סְפּ֫וֹתָ֥/הּ יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְ/יִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽ/י
English Translation
Let them be ashamed and confounded together, those who seek my life; let them turn back and be disappointed, who desire my harm.
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Chapter 40 Context
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Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
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With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
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And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set m...
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And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God (Elohim). Many shall see, and shall fear...
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Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities,...
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Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God (Elohim) : and in thy thoughts there is no o...
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Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and...
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then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me
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that I should do thy will : O my God (Elohim), I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my hea...
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I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips : O Lord, thou knowes...
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I have not hid thy justice within my heart : I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not...
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13
For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to...
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Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.
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15
Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be tu...
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