Psa 40:16 | NET2full | STEP | May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you. May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually , “May the Lord be praised !”

‏ Psalms 40:16

16 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you.
May those who love to experience ^{▼▼tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the Lord.} your deliverance say continually, ^{▼▼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.}
“May the Lord be praised!” ^{▼▼tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great” (cf. NRSV). See Ps 35:27.}