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Text -- Psalms 40:2-17 (NET)
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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.
40:10 I have not failed to tell about your justice ; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance ; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness .
40:11 O Lord , you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me!
40:12 For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see ; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
40:13 Please be willing , O Lord , to rescue me! O Lord , hurry and help me!
40:14 May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed ! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed !
40:15 May those who say to me, “Aha ! Aha !” be humiliated and disgraced !
40:16 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 !”
40:17 I am oppressed and needy ! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer ! O my God , do not delay !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Praise |
David |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
Zeal |
Quotations and Allusions |
Prayer |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 3 |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
Faith |
Offerings |
Seekers |
Thankfulness |
Humiliation of Christ |
Testimony |
Poetry |
Atonement |
Word of God |
TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
God |
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NET Notes -> Psa 40:2; Psa 40:2; Psa 40:2; Psa 40:3; Psa 40:3; Psa 40:3; Psa 40:4; Psa 40:4; Psa 40:4; Psa 40:4; Psa 40:4; Psa 40:5; Psa 40:5; Psa 40:5; Psa 40:6; Psa 40:6; Psa 40:7; Psa 40:8; Psa 40:8; Psa 40:9; Psa 40:9; Psa 40:9; Psa 40:10; Psa 40:10; Psa 40:11; Psa 40:11; Psa 40:12; Psa 40:12; Psa 40:13; Psa 40:14; Psa 40:14; Psa 40:14; Psa 40:15; Psa 40:15; Psa 40:16; Psa 40:16; Psa 40:16; Psa 40:17; Psa 40:17
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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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NET Notes: Psa 40:7 Heb “in the roll of the scroll it is written concerning me.” Apparently the psalmist refers to the law of God (see v. 8), which contains t...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:8 Heb “your law [is] in the midst of my inner parts.” The “inner parts” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s thou...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:11 In this line the psalmist makes the transition from confidence to petition (see v. 13). Since the prefixed verbal form in the preceding line is imperf...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:12 Heb “and my heart abandons me.” The “heart” is here viewed as the seat of emotional strength and courage. For a similar idea s...
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NET Notes: Psa 40:15 Heb “May they be humiliated according to their shame, those who say to me, ‘Aha! Aha!’”
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NET Notes: Psa 40:16 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 imperfec...
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