Psalms 40:4

Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
KJV

Dominus opem ferat illi super lectum doloris ejus ; universum stratum ejus versasti in infirmitate ejus.
Vulgate

Κύριος βοηθήσαι αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κλίνης ὀδύνης αὐτοῦ, ὅλην τὴν κοίτην αὐτοῦ ἔστρεψας ἐν τῇ ἀρρωστίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
LXX

Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
ASV

וַ/יִּתֵּ֬ן בְּ/פִ֨/י שִׁ֥יר חָדָשׁ֮ תְּהִלָּ֪ה לֵֽ/אלֹ֫הֵ֥י/נוּ יִרְא֣וּ רַבִּ֣ים וְ/יִירָ֑אוּ וְ֝/יִבְטְח֗וּ בַּ/יהוָֽה
Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּטְחִ֖ים

btchym

verb · 117×

וֹ

noun · 58×

חָדָ֔שׁ

chdsh

adjective · 52×

noun · 496×

יְהוָ֖ה

yhvh

proper_noun · 6455×

יַּ֣רְא

yr'

verb · 1312×

ךָ

noun · 2564×

verb · 1995×

רַב

verb · 458×

שִׁ֥יר

shyr

noun · 91×

תִּירָ֖א

tyr'

verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

City of God · 3 passages

Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work. The glorious city of God2828 [Augustin uses the term civitas Dei (πόλις θεοῦ) of the church universal as a commonwealth and community founded and governed by God. It is applied in the Bible to Jerusalem or the church of the Old Covenant (Ps. xl. 6, 4; xlviii. 1, 8; lxxxvii. 3), and to the heavenly Jerusalem or the church …

Chapter 1.—Of Those Who Maintain that They Worship the Gods Not for the Sake of Temporal But Eternal Advantages. Now, as, in the next place (as the promised order demands), those are to be refuted and taught who contend that the gods of the nations, which the Christian truth destroys, are to be worshipped not on account of this life, but on account of that which is to be after …

Chapter 21.—Why It is That, as Soon as Cain’s Son Enoch Has Been Named, the Genealogy is Forthwith Continued as Far as the Deluge, While After the Mention of Enos, Seth’s Son, the Narrative Returns Again to the Creation of Man. We must first see why, in the enumeration of Cain’s posterity, after Enoch, in whose name the city was built, has been first of all mentioned, the rest …

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Cross-references

2Thess 2:9 — Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Isa 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Jer 10:14 — Every 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.
Jer 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jer 17:7 — Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jonah 2:8 — They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Ps 2:12 — Kiss 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.
Ps 2:12 — Kiss 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.
Ps 15:4 — In 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.
Ps 31:20 — Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Ps 32:1 — Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Ps 34:8 — O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Ps 78:7 — That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Ps 84:11 — For 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.
Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Ps 118:8 — It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Ps 118:8 — It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Ps 119:21 — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Ps 125:5 — As 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.
Ps 125:5 — As 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.
Rom 15:12 — And 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.