Psalm 40:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴ Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who makes the Lord his refuge and trust, and turns not to the proud or to followers of false gods.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Common English Bible

⁴ Those who put their trust in the LORD, who pay no attention to the proud or to those who follow lies, are truly happy!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

Psalm 40:4 Cross References

Psalm 119:21

Thou dost rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from thy commandments;

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!

Psalm 15:4

in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Psalm 2:12

kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 33:3

Sing to him a new song, play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

Psalm 34:8

O taste and see that the Lord is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

Psalm 71:6

Upon thee I have leaned from my birth; thou art he who took me from my mother's womb. My praise is continually of thee.

Jonah 2:8

Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.