Psalms 40:4

How blessed ¹  is the one ²  who trusts in the Lord ³  and does not seek help from ⁴  the proud or from liars! ⁵ 

Ps 2:12; Ps 15:4; Ps 34:8; Ps 84:11,12; Ps 101:3-7; Ps 118:8,9; Ps 119:21; Ps 125:5; Isa 44:18-20; Jer 10:14,15; Jer 17:7,8; Jon 2:8; Ro 15:12,13; 2Th 2:9-11

¹ 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 tn Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in Ps 1:1.

³ tn Heb “who has made the Lord his [object of] trust.”

⁴ tn Heb “and does not turn toward.”

⁵ tn Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”