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Text -- Psalms 40:1-7 (NET)
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Context
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.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Praise |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
David |
Seekers |
Thankfulness |
Testimony |
Humiliation of Christ |
Patience |
Offerings |
Atonement |
Quotations and Allusions |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 3 |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
Faith |
Jesus, The Christ |
Desire |
God |
Pit |
Mire |
Psalms |
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NET Notes: Psa 40:1 Heb “relying, I relied.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the verbal idea. The emphasis is reflected i...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:3 Heb “may many see and fear and trust in the Lord.” The translation assumes that the initial prefixed verbal form is a jussive (“may ...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:5 Heb “I will declare and I will speak, they are too numerous to recount.” The present translation assumes that the cohortatives are used in...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:6 Heb “ears you hollowed out for me.” The meaning of this odd expression is debated (this is the only collocation of “hollowed outR...
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