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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let them be desolate
shamem (Hebrew #8074)
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
KJV usage: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
Pronounce: shaw-mame'
Origin: a primitive root
for a reward
`eqeb (Hebrew #6118)
a heel, i.e. (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e. compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or relatively) on account of
KJV usage: X because, by, end, for, if, reward.
Pronounce: ay'-keb
Origin: from 6117 in the sense of 6119
of their shame
bosheth (Hebrew #1322)
shame (the feeling and the condition, as well as its cause); by implication (specifically) an idol
KJV usage: ashamed, confusion, + greatly, (put to) shame(-ful thing).
Pronounce: bo'-sheth
Origin: from 954
that say
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto me, Aha
heach (Hebrew #1889)
aha!
KJV usage: ah, aha, ha.
Pronounce: heh-awkh'
Origin: from 1887 and 253
, aha
heach (Hebrew #1889)
aha!
KJV usage: ah, aha, ha.
Pronounce: heh-awkh'
Origin: from 1887 and 253
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Cross References

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desolate.
Psa. 69:24‑25• 24Pour upon them thine indignation,{HR}And let the heat of thine anger overtake them.
 25Let their habitation be desolate,{HR}In their tents be no dweller. (Psa. 69:24‑25)
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Psa. 70:3• 3Turned back for a reward of their shame be those that say, Aha, Aha! (Psa. 70:3)
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Psa. 73:19• 19How are they a desolation in a moment!{HR}They have passed, consumed with terrors. (Psa. 73:19)
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Psa. 109:6‑20• 6Appoint over him a wicked one,{HR}And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
 7When he is judged, let him go out guilty,{HR}And his prayer be for sin.
 8Let his days be few, let another take his office.
 9Let his sons be orphans and his wife a widow.
 10And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations.
 11Let an exactor ensnare all that he hath,{HR}And strangers plunder his labour.
 12Let there be none extending mercy to him,{HR}Nor anyone gracious to his orphans.
 13Let his posterity (latter end) be cut off;{HR}In a generation following let their name be blotted out.
 14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out.
 15Let them be before Jehovah continually,{HR}And let him cut off from the earth their memory,
 16Because he remembered not to show mercy,{HR}But (and) pursued the poor and needy man,{HR}And one broken in heart, to slay [him].
 17And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
 18And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones.
 19Let it be to him as raiment he weareth,{HR}And for a belt let him continually be girded.
 20This [is] the wages of mine adversaries from Jehovah,{HR}And of their speaking evil against my soul. (Psa. 109:6‑20)
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Luke 19:43‑44• 43For days shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall make a rampart about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side,
 44and level thee with the ground and thy children in thee; and not leave in thee stone upon stone; because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation. (Luke 19:43‑44)
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Luke 21:23‑24• 23Woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.
 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by [the] nations until [the] times of [the] nations be fulfilled. (Luke 21:23‑24)
say.
Psa. 35:21,25• 21And they open wide their mouth upon me;{HR}They have said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen.
 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul!{HR}Let them not say, We have swallowed him up. (Psa. 35:21,25)
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Psa. 70:3‑4• 3Turned back for a reward of their shame be those that say, Aha, Aha!
 4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee,{HR}And let such as love thy salvation say continually, God be magnified! (Psa. 70:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them be desolate, because ofb their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for a reward of."

W. Kelly Translation

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They shall be desolate as a reward for their shame{HR}That say to me, Aha, aha.