Psalm 40:4

Plain English Version

If people trust God properly, God makes those people happy. Whenever they have trouble, they trust God to help them. They don’t go to people that think they are great, or people that tell lies.

Cross References

Psalm 15:4

You never respect really bad people, but you respect people that properly respect God. You always keep your promises. Maybe it will be hard, maybe it will hurt you to keep those promises, but you still keep them.

Psalm 34:8

Find out for yourself that God is really good. Look at all the things he does. Whenever you get trouble, ask God to look after you. He will do that, and he will make you really happy.