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Psalms Chapter 40
Overview
Psa 40:1, The benefit of confidence in God; Psa 40:6, Obedience is the best sacrifice; Psa 40:11, The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer.
am 2970, bc 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.
I waited: Heb. In waiting I waited, Psa 27:13, Psa 27:14, Psa 37:7; Jam 5:7-11
inclined: Psa 116:2, Psa 130:2; Dan 9:18
brought: Psa 18:16, Psa 18:17, Psa 71:20, Psa 86:13, Psa 116:3, Psa 142:6, Psa 142:7, Psa 143:3; Isa 24:22; Jon 2:5, Jon 2:6; Zac 9:11; Act 2:24, Act 2:27-31
horrible pit: Heb. pit of noise, Mat 13:50
the miry: Psa 69:2, Psa 69:14, Psa 69:15; Jer 38:6-12; Lam 3:53-55
set: Psa 27:5, Psa 61:2; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25
established: Psa 17:5, Psa 18:36, Psa 37:23, Psa 119:133
And he: Psa 33:3, Psa 144:9; Rev 5:9, Rev 5:10, Rev 14:3
praise: Psa 103:1-5; Isa 12:1-4
many: Psa 34:1-6, Psa 35:27, Psa 52:6, Psa 64:9, Psa 64:10, Psa 142:7; Hos 3:5; Act 2:31-41, Act 4:4
Blessed: Psa 2:12, Psa 34:8, Psa 84:11, Psa 84:12, Psa 118:8, Psa 118:9; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8; Rom 15:12, Rom 15:13
respecteth: Psa 15:4, Psa 101:3-7, Psa 119:21
as turn: Psa 125:5; Isa 44:18-20; Jer 10:14, Jer 10:15; Jon 2:8; Th2 2:9-11
Many: Psa 136:4; Exo 11:8, Exo 15:11; Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Job 26:14
thoughts: Psa 71:15, Psa 92:5, Psa 139:6, Psa 139:17, Psa 139:18; Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Jer 29:11
they cannot: etc. or, none can order them unto thee, Job 37:19, Job 37:20
Sacrifice: Psa 50:8, Psa 51:16; Sa1 15:22; Isa 1:11, Isa 66:3; Jer 7:21-23; Hos 6:6; Mat 9:13; Mat 12:7; Heb 10:5-12
mine ears: Exo 21:6; Job 33:16; Isa 50:4, Isa 50:5
opened: Heb. digged
Lo: Heb 10:7-9
in the: Gen 3:15; Luk 24:27, Luk 24:44; Joh 5:39; Act 10:43; Co1 15:3, Co1 15:4; Pe1 1:10, Pe1 1:11; Rev 19:10
I delight: Psa 112:1, Psa 119:16, Psa 119:24, Psa 119:47, Psa 119:92; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; Joh 4:34; Rom 7:22; Rom 8:29
yea: Psa 37:30, Psa 37:31; Pro 3:1; Jer 31:33; Co2 3:3
within my heart: Heb. in the midst of my bowels
preached: Psa 22:22, Psa 22:25, Psa 35:18, Psa 71:15-18; Mar 16:15, Mar 16:16; Luk 4:16-22; Heb 2:12
not: Psa 119:13, Psa 119:171, Psa 119:172
thou knowest: Psa 139:2; Joh 21:17
not hid: Eze 2:7, Eze 3:17, Eze 3:18; Act 20:20, Act 20:21, Act 20:26, Act 20:27; Rom 10:9, Rom 10:10; Th1 1:8; Rev 22:17
righteousness: Rom 1:16, Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22-26, Rom 10:3; Phi 3:9
faithfulness: Act 13:32, Act 13:33; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:9
salvation: Isa 49:6; Luk 2:30-32, Luk 3:6; Ti1 1:15
lovingkindness: Psa 25:10, Psa 34:6; Mic 7:20; Joh 1:17, Joh 3:16, Joh 3:17
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. Psa 69:13, Psa 69:16
let thy: Psa 23:6, Psa 43:3, Psa 57:3, Psa 61:7, Psa 85:10; Heb 5:7
innumerable: Psa 22:11-19; Heb 4:15
mine: Psa 38:4; Isa 53:6; Luk 18:13, Luk 18:14; Pe1 3:18
heart: Psa 73:26; Gen 42:28; Luk 21:26
faileth: Heb. forsaketh
Be: Psa 25:17, Psa 25:18; Mat 26:36-44
make: Psa 38:22, Psa 70:1-5
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. Psa 31:17, Psa 31:18, Psa 35:4, Psa 35:26, Psa 70:2, Psa 70:3, Psa 71:13; Isa 41:11, Isa 45:24
that: Mat 21:38-41
driven: Psa 9:3; Joh 18:6; Act 9:4-6, Act 12:23, Act 12:24
desolate: Psa 69:24, Psa 69:25, Psa 70:3, Psa 73:19, Psa 109:6-20; Luk 19:43, Luk 19:44, Luk 21:23, Luk 21:24
say: Psa 35:21, Psa 35:25, Psa 70:3, Psa 70:4
all: Psa 22:26, Psa 35:27, Psa 68:3, Psa 105:3; Isa 65:13, Isa 65:14
love: Psa 119:81, Psa 119:111, Psa 119:123, Psa 119:166, Psa 119:167; Mat 13:45, Mat 13:46; Phi 3:7-9
say: Psa 35:27; Luk 1:46, Luk 1:47; Act 19:17
I am poor: Psa 40:5, Psa 34:6, Psa 69:33, Psa 70:5; Isa 41:17; Mat 8:20; Co2 8:9; Jam 2:5
help: Psa 54:4; Isa 50:7-9; Heb 13:6