40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life
be totally embarrassed and ashamed! 1
May those who want to harm me
be turned back and ashamed! 2
1 tn Heb “may they be embarrassed and ashamed together, the ones seeking my life to snatch it away.”
2 tn The four prefixed verbal forms in this verse (“may those…be…embarrassed and ashamed…may those…be turned back and ashamed”) are understood as jussives. The psalmist is calling judgment down on his enemies.