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Psalm 40
40:1 For the music director ; By David , a psalm . I relied completely on the Lord , and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help . 40:2 He lifted me out of the watery pit , out of the slimy mud . He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing . 40:3 He gave me reason to sing a new song , praising our God . May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord ! 40:4 How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars ! 40:5 O Lord , my God , you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount ! 40:6 Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern . You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings . 40:7 Then I say , “Look ! I come ! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. 40:8 I want to do what pleases you, my God . Your law dominates my thoughts .” 40:9 I have told the great assembly about your justice . Look ! I spare no words ! O Lord , you know this is true.

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  • Bila Topan K'ras Melanda Hidupmu [KJ.439] ( Count Your Blessings / When upon Life's Billows )
  • Ketika Tuhanku Disalib [KJ.435]
  • Pengikut Kristus, Nyanyilah [KJ.284]
  • [Psa 40:1] Day After Day I Sought The Lord
  • [Psa 40:1] I Waited For The Lord Most High
  • [Psa 40:1] I Waited For The Lord My God
  • [Psa 40:2] Firm On The Rock I Stand
  • [Psa 40:2] He Brought Me Out
  • [Psa 40:2] He Took My Feet From The Miry Clay
  • [Psa 40:3] He Keeps Me Singing
  • [Psa 40:3] Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus
  • [Psa 40:5] It Is Truly Wonderful
  • [Psa 40:8] Lord, As Thou Wilt
  • [Psa 40:9] Before Thy People, I Confess

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • 21:2-4 The ancients practiced slavery widely in the Near East. These laws protected slaves in Israel better than the laws of other nations protected slaves in those countries."In Israel slaves had far better rights than elsew...
  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • The messianic psalms are perhaps the most commonly known type. They predict the coming of a messiah. Franz Delitzsch broke these psalms down into five kinds. The first is the purely prophetic, which predicts that a future Dav...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • The title of this psalm identifies the writer as David. All but four of the psalms in Book 1 of the Psalter (Pss. 1-41) identify David as their writer, all except Psalms 1, 2, 10, and 33. The occasion of his writing this one ...
  • 40:1-3 The psalmist testified to his people that the Lord had answered his prayer for deliverance after a long wait. God had reestablished His servant. Consequently David had a new song of praise for the Lord. His praise woul...
  • 41:10 David had asked God to restore his health so he might repay his enemies. This may seem to be an unworthy motive in view of the Lord Jesus' instruction to love our enemies and do them good (Matt. 5:44). However, individu...
  • In this psalm David sought God to deliver him from destruction. He was experiencing criticism and rejection from the Israelites because of decisions he had made to do God's will. He asked God to deal with his oppressors, and ...
  • This psalm expresses the faith of an older person in need who had trusted in God for many years. The writer is unknown to us. He combined elements that we find in several other psalms to communicate his thoughts (cf. Pss. 22;...
  • The writer exhorted the Israelites to praise God enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. Their praise should be spontaneous and fresh, the connotations of a "new song"(cf. 33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9). They should also praise ...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • God had not forgotten nor was He unable to deliver His people. Their redemption was certain."This vision of what God will accomplish through his Servant is so exciting that Isaiah breaks into the ecstatic hymn of praise (vv. ...
  • Many commentators believe that Jeremiah's revelation of the New Covenant was his greatest theological contribution. They view it as the high point of the book, the climax of the prophet's teaching."The prophecy of Jeremiah ma...
  • 6:5-6 Jesus assumed that His disciples would pray, as He assumed they would give alms (v. 2) and fast (v. 16). Again He warned against ostentatious worship. The synagogues and streets were public places where people could pra...
  • Even John the Baptist had doubts about whether Jesus was really the promised Messiah."Matthew includes the record of this interrogation for at least two reasons. First, the questioning of Jesus by John, a representative of th...
  • 6:20 Clearly Jesus' disciples were the primary objects of His instruction in this sermon (cf. vv. 13-19)."Blessed"(Gr. makarios) in this context describes the happy condition of someone whom God has blessed with His special f...
  • Abbot, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians. International Critical Commentary series. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1897.Aldrich, Roy L. "The Gift of God."Biblioth...
  • This section on the superior high priestly ministry of Christ (7:1-10:18) concludes with this pericope in which the writer emphasized the perfecting effect of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on New Covenant believers. He wrote this ...
  • Adamson, James B. The Epistle of James. New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976; reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.Bailey, Mark...
  • 5:6 As with our dreams, John's vision contained some unusual features. John saw the Messiah as a Lamb.229The Lamb is a symbol of Jesus Christ at His first advent, meek and submissive to a sacrificial death as our substitute (...
  • 14:1 "And I looked"(Gr. kai eidon) introduces three scenes in chapter 14 (vv. 1, 6, 14), as this phrase did twice in chapter 13 (vv. 1, 11). "Behold"(Gr. idou, cf. v. 14) calls special attention to the greatness of the sight ...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Many, O Lord my God, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto Thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered...
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