Psalms 40:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed is the man, &c. I said, many shall trust in the Lord, and they shall not be losers by it, nor disappointed of their hope; but they are and shall be blessed. And respecteth not ולא פנה, velo-panah, looketh not toward, namely, with delight and desire to imitate; or with confidence and expectation of relief; the proud Or the mighty; the great and proud potentates of the world, to whom most men are apt to look and trust. Nor such as turn aside From God, in whom alone they ought to trust. To lies To lying vanities, such as worldly power, and wisdom, and riches, and all other earthly things or persons, in which men are prone to trust; which are called lies, because they promise more than they perform.