Psalms 40
1 The benefit of confidence in God.
6 Obedience is the best sacrifice.
11 The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer.
[A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.)]
This psalm is supposed to have been composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion, as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there. It also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
relied ... on <06960> [I waited. Heb. In waiting I waited.]
turned <05186> [inclined.]
lifted ... out <05927> [brought.]
watery pit <0953 07588> [horrible pit. Heb. pit of noise.]
slimy <03121> [the miry.]
placed <06965> [set.]
secure <03559> [established.]
gave <05414> [And he.]
praising <08416> [praise.]
many <07227> [many.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
seek help <06437> [respecteth.]
<07750> [as turn.]
many <07227> [Many.]
purposes <04284> [thoughts.]
thwart <06186> [they cannot, etc. or, none can order them unto thee.]
sacrifices <02077> [Sacrifice.]
<0241> [mine ears.]
<03738> [opened. Heb. digged.]
come <0935> [Lo.]
scroll <04039> [in the.]
want <02654> [I delight.]
law <08451> [yea.]
dominates ... thoughts <04578 08432> [within my heart. Heb. in the midst of my bowels.]
told <01319> [preached.]
spare <03607> [not.]
know <03045> [thou knowest.]
failed <03680> [not hid.]
justice <06666> [righteousness.]
reliability <0530> [faithfulness.]
deliverance <08668> [salvation.]
loyal love <02617> [lovingkindness.]
withhold <03607> [Withhold.]
From this verse to the end, we have quite a new subject; for the former contains a thanksgiving, and this contains a supplication. It is nearly the same as the seventieth, and probably formed a distinct Psalm.
loyal love <02617> [let thy.]
innumerable <04557> [innumerable.]
sins ................ head <05771 07218> [mine.]
outnumber <06105> [they are.]
strength <03820> [heart.]
fails <05800> [faileth. Heb. forsaketh.]
<07521> [Be.]
hurry <02363> [make.]
embarrassed <0954> [Let them be ashamed.]
The verbs in the preceding verse, in which the psalmist simply prays for deliverance, are in the imperative; but here, and in the following verses, they are in the future tense, and naturally express the language of lively faith and hope, rather than that of wishing the destruction foreseen and predicted.
snatch away ............ want <01245 02655> [that.]
turned <05472> [driven.]
humiliated <08074> [desolate.]
say <0559> [say.]
seek <01245> [all.]
love <0157> [love.]
say <0559> [say.]
oppressed <06041> [I am poor.]
Lord <0136> [the Lord.]
helper <05833> [help.]
delay <0309> [make.]
