Psalm 40:4

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 40:4 tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).
2. Psalm 40:4 tn Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in Ps 1:1.
3. Psalm 40:4 tn Heb “who has made the Lord his [object of] trust.”
4. Psalm 40:4 tn Heb “and does not turn toward.”
5. Psalm 40:4 tn Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”