40:16 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!
May those who love to experience 1 your deliverance say continually, 2
“May the Lord be praised!” 3
1 tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the
2 tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing upon the godly.
3 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the