KJV King James Version
Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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Psalm 40:4
Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
WEB World English Bible
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
ASV American Standard Version
Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
Surrounding context — Psalm 40
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵיH835 · e.sherblessedהַגֶּ֗בֶרH1397 · ga.vergreat manאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשָׂ֣םH7760 · sumto set: makeיְ֭הֹוָהH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDמִבְטַח֑וֹH4009 · miv.tachconfidenceוְֽלֹא־H3808 · lonotפָנָ֥הH6437 · pa.nahto turnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)רְ֝הָבִ֗יםH7295 · ra.havproudוְשָׂטֵ֥יH7750 · sutto swerveכָזָֽב׃H3577 · ka.zavlie
Cross-references
Jeremiah 17:7-8Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Psalm 84:11-12For the LORD God [is] a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good [thing] will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.Psalm 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.Psalm 34:8O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that] trusteth in him.Psalm 118:8-9[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.Psalm 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish [from] the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed [are] all they that put their trust in him.Romans 15:12-13And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.2 Thessalonians 2:9-11[Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,Jonah 2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.Jeremiah 10:14-15Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.Psalm 15:4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.Isaiah 44:18-20They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.Psalm 119:21Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.Psalm 101:3-7I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
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