Text -- Psalms 40:4 (NET)

40:4 How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 40:4

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.”