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Book of Psalms


Psalm 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

King James Version

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 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.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.1

References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http:// eword. gospel com.net/ comments/ psalm/ gill/ psalm40 .htm
3. Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary - Vol 3 p. 730

TITLE

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The title of it, in the Syriac version, is, "A psalm of David according to the letter, when Shemaiah brought the names of those who minister in the house of the Lord;" see 1 Chronicles 24:6.2

 

PRAISE AND PETITION

Psalm 40 is a combination of praise and petition. In it the psalmist recalls God's mercies in delivering from past trouble (vs. 1-10), and cries for new deliverance in the face of fresh calamity (vs. 11-17). The first division tells what God has done (vs.1-5) and what return the psalmist has made (vs. 6-10). The second division appeals to God out of the depth of the psalmist's distress (vs. 11,12), appeals to God against the power of his enemies (vs. 13-15), and, in conclusion, expresses the psalmist's confidence in God (vs. 16,17). A portion of the psalm (vs. 6-8) is Messianic in nature (see Heb. 10:7-9). Verses 13-17 of this psalm also appear, with very slight changes, as Ps. 70.3



INDEX TO PSALMS

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