“ Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. ”
Let them be desolate - The word here employed means to be astonished or amazed; then, to be laid waste, or made desolate. As used here, it refers to their purposes, and the wish or prayer is that...
Let them be (m) desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. (m) Let the same shame and confusion come on them, which they intended to have brought on me.
XL. A. Psalms 40:1-11 . A Thanksgiving for Deliverance. The Psalmist believes that his own gratitude will give confidence to others. God, he says, takes no special delight in sacrificial worship....
Aha, aha. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. Compare Psalms 35:21 ; Psalms 70:3 .
When the Psalmist prays (verse 15) that his enemies may be destroyed for a reward of their shame, the meaning is this: As their sole desire has been to overwhelm me with shame, in order that...
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. That say unto me, Aha, aha - האח האח. See on Psalms 35:21 (note).
Let them, &c.— They shall be desolate { with their own shame for a reward of their turpitude. } Green renders it, after Bishop Hare, Let those who say, unto me, aha, aha, instantly return back...
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame ... Let all those that seek thee rejoice ... let such as love thy...
This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1-11 the writer recalls with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delive...
Psalms 40:1-17 THE closing verses of this psalm reappear with slight changes as an independent whole in Psalms 70:1-5 . The question arises whether that is a fragment or this a conglomerate. Mode...
a Cry for Deliverance Psalms 40:11-17 To the end of life we shall continually need God's lovingkindness, to deal mercifully with our failures and sins, and His truth, that is, His faithfuln...
Again we find in this psalm the perfect structure found in Psalms 27:1-14 . Praise prepares for prayer. The experience has mounted higher than in the preceding song (39). The singer still suffers di...
See, Reader, with what confidence Jesus beholds the travail of his soul. His enemies, and the enemies of his church, must be destroyed. This is in the covenant. I will beat down his foes before his f...
Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame ,.... Of their shameful wishes, words, and actions, as they were: their habitations in Jerusalem were desolate, and so was their house or temple ther...
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. Ver. 15. Let them be desolate for a reward ] A poor reward; but such as sin payeth to her servants: "the wages of sin i...
Be pleased to deliver me From my sins, and the punishment due to them. Let them be ashamed For the disappointment of their hopes and designs. That seek after my soul That is, my life. Let them...
Encouragement in Prayer. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O L ORD : let thy lovingkindness and thy trut...
Desolate, or amazed , or dismayed , or overthrown : of such imprecations I have spoken before. Their shame, i.e. their sinful and shameful actions, as shame is put for a shameful idol, Hos...
Having Established His Gratitude And Loyalty And The Faithfulness Of His Testimony With Regard to God, He Now Seeks God's Aid In Helping Him With Regard To His Own Sinfulness And Prays Also For Assi...
INTRODUCTION Superscription : “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David.” The psalm is addressed to “the Chief Musician,” that he might set it to music for use in public worship. We have no means o...
These are the words of David: they are the words of all God's tried and believing people; but above all they are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. So complete is the union between Christ an...
This psalm of David is a consequence of the preseding. It is an ode of thanksgiving for liberation from the profound grief and sorrow under which he had groaned. Here he rises above the cloud, and as...
I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Waiting for the Lord There is a Divine law of waiting which has an essential connection with the larger law of giving...
EXPOSITION THE occasion of this psalm is some great deliverance which has been vouchsafed to the author of it, for which he desires to praise and thank God. Of this deliverance he speaks in P...
Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Prophetic Office. To the chief musician, for performance in liturgical services, a psalm of David, the Messiah Himself speaking through his mouth and pen. Cf He...
Luke 19:43 ; Luke 19:44 ; Luke 21:23 ; Luke 21:24 ; Psalms 35:21 ; Psalms 35:25 ; Psalms 70:3 ; Psalms 70:4 ; Psalms 69:2 ; Psalms 69:24
Shame — Their sinful and shameful actions.