Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
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Gill's Exposition
Let them be ashamed and confounded,.... In Psa 40:14 it is added, "together"; See Gill on Psa 40:14;
that seek after my soul; or "life"; in Psa 40:14 it is added, "to destroy it"; for that was the…
Barnes' Notes
Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul - The only change here from Psa 40:14, is the omission of the word “together” which occurs there, and the omission of the words “to destroy…
The title tells us that this psalm was designed to bring to remembrance; that is, to put God in remembrance of his mercy and promises (for so we are said to do when we pray to him and plead with him.…
Cambridge Bible
The whole verse is a repetition, with variations, of Psa 35:4; Psa 35:26 (cp. Psa 38:12); and Psa 35:3-5 recall Psa 35:35; Psa 35:35; Psa 35:35; Psa 35:35, of the same Psalm.
that seek after my soul…
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