King James Version
Psalms 40:4 in the King James Version says “Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.”
Psalms 40:4 · KJV
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. an: Heb. a pit of noise
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.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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. they cannot: or, none can order them unto thee
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. opened: Heb. digged
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Blessed”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that maketh”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“his trust”
H4009properly, a refuge, i.e., (objective) security, or (subjective) assurance
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor such as turn aside”
H7750to detrude, i.e., (intransitively and figuratively) become derelict (wrongly practise; namely, idolatry)
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