Chapter 40
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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
I waited
Heb. In waiting I waited.
inclined
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.
brought
18:16,17 71:20 86:13 116:3 142:6,7 143:3 Isaiah 24:22 Jonah 2:5,6 Zechariah 9:11 Acts 2:24,27-31
horrible pit
Heb. pit of noise.
the miry
69:2,14,15 Jeremiah 38:6-12 Lamentations 3:53-55
set
established
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.
And he
33:3 144:9 Revelation 5:9,10 14:3
praise
many
34:1-6 35:27 52:6 64:9,10 142:7 Hosea 3:5 Acts 2:31-41 4:4
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Blessed
2:12 34:8 84:11,12 118:8,9 Jeremiah 17:7,8 Romans 15:12,13
respecteth
as turn
125:5 Isaiah 44:18-20 Jeremiah 10:14,15 Jonah 2:8 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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.
Many
136:4 Exodus 11:8 15:11 Job 5:9 9:10 26:14
thoughts
71:15 92:5 139:6,17,18 Isaiah 55:8,9 Jeremiah 29:11
they cannot, etc
or, none can order them unto thee.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Sacrifice
50:8 51:16 1 Samuel 15:22 Isaiah 1:11 66:3 Jeremiah 7:21-23 Hosea 6:6 Matthew 9:13 Matthew 12:7 Hebrews 10:5-12
mine ears
Exodus 21:6 Job 33:16 Isaiah 50:4,5
opened
Heb. digged.
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Lo
in the
Genesis 3:15 Luke 24:27,44 John 5:39 Acts 10:43 1 Corinthians 15:3,4 1 Peter 1:10,11 Revelation 19:10
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
I delight
112:1 119:16,24,47,92 Job 23:12 Jeremiah 15:16 John 4:34 Romans 7:22 Romans 8:29
yea
37:30,31 Proverbs 3:1 Jeremiah 31:33 2 Corinthians 3:3
within my heart
Heb. in the midst of my bowels.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
preached
22:22,25 35:18 71:15-18 Mark 16:15,16 Luke 4:16-22 Hebrews 2:12
not
thou knowest
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.
not hid
Ezekiel 2:7 3:17,18 Acts 20:20,21,26,27 Romans 10:9,10 1 Thessalonians 1:8 Revelation 22:17
righteousness
Romans 1:16,17 3:22-26 10:3 Philippians 3:9
faithfulness
salvation
Isaiah 49:6 Luke 2:30-32 3:6 1 Timothy 1:15
lovingkindness
25:10 34:6 Micah 7:20 John 1:17 3:16,17
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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.
let thy
23:6 43:3 57:3 61:7 85:10 Hebrews 5:7
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.
innumerable
mine
38:4 Isaiah 53:6 Luke 18:13,14 1 Peter 3:18
they are
heart
73:26 Genesis 42:28 Luke 21:26
faileth
Heb. forsaketh.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Be
make
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.
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.
31:17,18 35:4,26 70:2,3 71:13 Isaiah 41:11 45:24
that
driven
9:3 John 18:6 Acts 9:4-6 12:23,24
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
desolate
69:24,25 70:3 73:19 109:6-20 Luke 19:43,44 21:23,24
say
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
all
22:26 35:27 68:3 105:3 Isaiah 65:13,14
love
119:81,111,123,166,167 Matthew 13:45,46 Philippians 3:7-9
say
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.
I am poor
5 34:6 69:33 70:5 Isaiah 41:17 Matthew 8:20 2 Corinthians 8:9 James 2:5
the Lord
help
54:4 Isaiah 50:7-9 Hebrews 13:6