“Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Psalms 40 contains 17 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.