Chapter 40

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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, Ps 27:13-14, Ps 37:7; Jas 5:7-11

inclined Ps 116:2, Ps 130:2; Dan 9:18


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brought Ps 18:16-17, Ps 71:20, Ps 86:13, Ps 116:3, Ps 142:6-7, Ps 143:3; Isa 24:22; Jonah 2:5-6; Zech 9:11; Acts 2:24, Acts 2:27-31

horrible pit Heb. pit of noise, Matt 13:50

the miry Ps 69:2, Ps 69:14-15; Jer 38:6-12; Lam 3:53-55

set Ps 27:5, Ps 61:2; Matt 7:24-25

established Ps 17:5, Ps 18:36, Ps 37:23, Ps 119:133


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And he Ps 33:3, Ps 144:9; Rev 5:9-10, Rev 14:3

praise Ps 103:1-5; Isa 12:1-4

many Ps 34:1-6, Ps 35:27, Ps 52:6, Ps 64:9-10, Ps 142:7; Hos 3:5; Acts 2:31-41, Acts 4:4


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Blessed Ps 2:12, Ps 34:8, Ps 84:11-12, Ps 118:8-9; Jer 17:7-8; Rom 15:12-13

respecteth Ps 15:4, Ps 101:3-7, Ps 119:21

as turn Ps 125:5; Isa 44:18-20; Jer 10:14-15; Jonah 2:8; 2Thess 2:9-11


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Many Ps 136:4; Exod 11:8, Exod 15:11; Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Job 26:14

thoughts Ps 71:15, Ps 92:5, Ps 139:6, Ps 139:17-18; Isa 55:8-9; Jer 29:11

they cannot etc. or, none can order them unto thee, Job 37:19-20


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Sacrifice Ps 50:8, Ps 51:16; 1Sam 15:22; Isa 1:11, Isa 66:3; Jer 7:21-23; Hos 6:6; Matt 9:13; Matt 12:7; Heb 10:5-12

mine ears Exod 21:6; Job 33:16; Isa 50:4-5

opened Heb. digged


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Lo Heb 10:7-9

in the Gen 3:15; Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44; John 5:39; Acts 10:43; 1Cor 15:3-4; 1Pet 1:10-11; Rev 19:10


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I delight Ps 112:1, Ps 119:16, Ps 119:24, Ps 119:47, Ps 119:92; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; John 4:34; Rom 7:22; Rom 8:29

yea Ps 37:30-31; Prov 3:1; Jer 31:33; 2Cor 3:3

within my heart Heb. in the midst of my bowels


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preached Ps 22:22, Ps 22:25, Ps 35:18, Ps 71:15-18; Mark 16:15-16; Luke 4:16-22; Heb 2:12

not Ps 119:13, Ps 119:171-172

thou knowest Ps 139:2; John 21:17


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not hid Ezek 2:7, Ezek 3:17-18; Acts 20:20-21, Acts 20:26-27; Rom 10:9-10; 1Thess 1:8; Rev 22:17

righteousness Rom 1:16-17, Rom 3:22-26, Rom 10:3; Phil 3:9

faithfulness Acts 13:32-33; Rom 15:8-9

salvation Isa 49:6; Luke 2:30-32, Luke 3:6; 1Tim 1:15

lovingkindness Ps 25:10, Ps 34:6; Mic 7:20; John 1:17, John 3:16-17


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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. Ps 69:13, Ps 69:16

let thy Ps 23:6, Ps 43:3, Ps 57:3, Ps 61:7, Ps 85:10; Heb 5:7


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innumerable Ps 22:11-19; Heb 4:15

mine Ps 38:4; Isa 53:6; Luke 18:13-14; 1Pet 3:18

they are Ps 19:12, Ps 69:4

heart Ps 73:26; Gen 42:28; Luke 21:26

faileth Heb. forsaketh


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Be Ps 25:17-18; Matt 26:36-44

make Ps 38:22, Ps 70:1-5


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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. Ps 31:17-18, Ps 35:4, Ps 35:26, Ps 70:2-3, Ps 71:13; Isa 41:11, Isa 45:24

that Matt 21:38-41

driven Ps 9:3; John 18:6; Acts 9:4-6, Acts 12:23-24


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desolate Ps 69:24-25, Ps 70:3, Ps 73:19, Ps 109:6-20; Luke 19:43-44, Luke 21:23-24

say Ps 35:21, Ps 35:25, Ps 70:3-4


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all Ps 22:26, Ps 35:27, Ps 68:3, Ps 105:3; Isa 65:13-14

love Ps 119:81, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:123, Ps 119:166-167; Matt 13:45-46; Phil 3:7-9

say Ps 35:27; Luke 1:46-47; Acts 19:17


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I am poor Ps 40:5, Ps 34:6, Ps 69:33, Ps 70:5; Isa 41:17; Matt 8:20; 2Cor 8:9; Jas 2:5

the Lord 1Pet 2:23, 1Pet 5:7

help Ps 54:4; Isa 50:7-9; Heb 13:6

make Ps 143:7-8; Rev 22:20


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