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Psalms 40:14

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Let them be ashamed and confounded together,.... As they will be at the last day, when they shall see him whom they have pierced come in the clouds of heaven, in his own and his Father's glory, and in…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Let them be ashamed and confounded together - See at Psa 35:4, note; Psa 35:26, note. This may be understood here rather as a confident expectation than a wish or desire. It implies the certainty that…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 40:11-17

The psalmist, having meditated upon the work of redemption, and spoken of it in the person of the Messiah, now comes to make improvement of the doctrine of his mediation between us and God, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The whole verse is a repetition, with variations, of Psa 35:4; Psa 35:26 (cp. Psa 38:12); and v. 5-17recall v. 21, 25, 27, 10 of the same Psalm. Togetherand to destroy itare omitted in Psa 70:2.

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