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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
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- Primary Witness Text: I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 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. 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. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 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. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, 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. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 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...
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The Psalms (Hebrew: Tehillim — "praises") are the hymn book of God's covenant people, spanning roughly 1000 BC (David) to the post-exilic period. David authored at least 73 by the superscriptions, and the NT treats these as authoritative prophecy (Acts 2:25-31; 4:25-26; 13:35).
Psalm 22 stands as the supreme individual lament-to-praise psalm, with its opening cry quoted by Jesus from the cross and its crucifixion details — composed 1000 years before Rome invented crucifixion — as among the most powerful predictive prophecy evidence in Scripture.
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Psalms 40:1
Hebrew
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמֽוֹר׃lamenatzecha-ledavid-mizemvor
KJV: I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
AKJV: I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
ASV: I waited patiently for Jehovah;
YLT: To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
Exposition: Psalms 40:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:2
Hebrew
קַוֺּה קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה וַיֵּט אֵלַי וַיִּשְׁמַע שַׁוְעָתִֽי׃qavh-qiviytiy-yehvah-vayet-'elay-vayishema'-shave'atiy
KJV: 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.
AKJV: He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings.
ASV: He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;
YLT: And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation--from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.
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Psalms 40:2
Psalms 40:2 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 40:2
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Exposition: Psalms 40:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:3
Hebrew
וַיַּעֲלֵנִי ׀ מִבּוֹר שָׁאוֹן מִטִּיט הַיָּוֵן וַיָּקֶם עַל־סֶלַע רַגְלַי כּוֹנֵן אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃vaya'aleniy- -mivvor-sha'von-mitiyt-hayaven-vayaqem-'al-sela'-ragelay-khvonen-'ashuray
KJV: 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.
AKJV: And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
ASV: And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
YLT: And He putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:3
Psalms 40:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 40:3
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Exposition: Psalms 40:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:4
Hebrew
וַיִּתֵּן בְּפִי ׀ שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּה לֵֽאלֹהֵינוּ יִרְאוּ רַבִּים וְיִירָאוּ וְיִבְטְחוּ בַּיהוָֽה׃vayiten-vefiy- -shiyr-chadash-tehilah-le'loheynv-yire'v-raviym-veyiyra'v-veyivetechv-vayhvah
KJV: Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
AKJV: Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
ASV: Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust,
YLT: O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:4
Psalms 40:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 40:4
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Exposition: Psalms 40:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:5
Hebrew
אַשְֽׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם יְהֹוָה מִבְטַחוֹ וְֽלֹא־פָנָה אֶל־רְהָבִים וְשָׂטֵי כָזָֽב׃'asherey-hagever-'asher-sham-yehovah-mivetachvo-velo'-fanah-'el-rehaviym-veshatey-khazav
KJV: 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.
AKJV: Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order to you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
ASV: Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,
YLT: Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
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Psalms 40:5
Psalms 40:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 40:5
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Exposition: Psalms 40:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:6
Hebrew
רַבּוֹת עָשִׂיתָ ׀ אַתָּה ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי נִֽפְלְאֹתֶיךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ אֵלֵינוּ אֵין ׀ עֲרֹךְ אֵלֶיךָ אַגִּידָה וַאֲדַבֵּרָה עָצְמוּ מִסַּפֵּֽר׃ravvot-'ashiyta- -'atah- -yehvah-'elohay-nifele'oteykha-vmacheshevoteykha-'eleynv-'eyn- -'arokhe-'eleykha-'agiydah-va'adaverah-'atzemv-misafer
KJV: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
AKJV: Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
ASV: Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in;
YLT: Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:6Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:6
Psalms 40:6 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Psalms 40:6
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- Psalms 40:6
Exposition: Psalms 40:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:7
Hebrew
זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה ׀ לֹֽא־חָפַצְתָּ אָזְנַיִם כָּרִיתָ לִּי עוֹלָה וַחֲטָאָה לֹא שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃zevach-vminechah- -lo'-chafatzeta-'azenayim-khariyta-liy-'volah-vachata'ah-lo'-sha'aleta
KJV: Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
AKJV: Then said I, See, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
ASV: Then said I, Lo, I am come;
YLT: Then said I, `Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:7
Psalms 40:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 40:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:8
Hebrew
אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָאתִי בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר כָּתוּב עָלָֽי׃'az-'amaretiy-hineh-va'tiy-vimegilat-sefer-khatvv-'alay
KJV: I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
AKJV: I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart.
ASV: I delight to do thy will, O my God;
YLT: To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:8Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:8
Psalms 40:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exposition: Psalms 40:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:9
Hebrew
לַֽעֲשֽׂוֹת־רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי וְתוֹרָתְךָ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָֽי׃la'ashvot-retzvonekha-'elohay-chafatzetiy-vetvoratekha-vetvokhe-me'ay
KJV: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
AKJV: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: see, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know.
ASV: I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly;
YLT: I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.
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Psalms 40:9
Psalms 40:9 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 40:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:10
Hebrew
בִּשַּׂרְתִּי צֶדֶק ׀ בְּקָהָל רָב הִנֵּה שְׂפָתַי לֹא אֶכְלָא יְהוָה אַתָּה יָדָֽעְתָּ׃visharetiy-tzedeq- -veqahal-rav-hineh-shefatay-lo'-'ekhela'-yehvah-'atah-yada'eta
KJV: 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.
AKJV: I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great congregation.
ASV: I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
YLT: Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.
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Psalms 40:10
Psalms 40:10 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Exposition: Psalms 40:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:11
Hebrew
צִדְקָתְךָ לֹא־כִסִּיתִי ׀ בְּתוֹךְ לִבִּי אֱמוּנָתְךָ וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ אָמָרְתִּי לֹא־כִחַדְתִּי חַסְדְּךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ לְקָהָל רָֽב׃tzideqatekha-lo'-khisiytiy- -vetvokhe-liviy-'emvnatekha-vteshv'atekha-'amaretiy-lo'-khichadetiy-chasedekha-va'amitekha-leqahal-rav
KJV: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
AKJV: Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
ASV: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah;
YLT: Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:11Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:11
Psalms 40:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Psalms 40:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:12
Hebrew
אַתָּה יְהוָה לֹא־תִכְלָא רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי חַסְדְּךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ תָּמִיד יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃'atah-yehvah-lo'-tikhela'-rachameykha-mimeniy-chasedekha-va'amitekha-tamiyd-yitzervniy
KJV: 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.
AKJV: For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me.
ASV: For innumerable evils have compassed me about;
YLT: For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:12Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:12 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 40:12
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- Psalms 40:12
Exposition: Psalms 40:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:13
Hebrew
כִּי אָפְפוּ־עָלַי ׀ רָעוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר הִשִּׂיגוּנִי עֲוֺנֹתַי וְלֹא־יָכֹלְתִּי לִרְאוֹת עָצְמוּ מִשַּֽׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי וְלִבִּי עֲזָבָֽנִי׃khiy-'afefv-'alay- -ra'vot-'ad-'eyn-misefar-hishiygvniy-'avnotay-velo'-yakholetiy-lire'vot-'atzemv-misha'arvot-ro'shiy-veliviy-'azavaniy
KJV: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
AKJV: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
ASV: Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me:
YLT: Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:13Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:13
Psalms 40:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Psalms 40:13
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- Psalms 40:13
Exposition: Psalms 40:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:14
Hebrew
רְצֵה יְהוָה לְהַצִּילֵנִי יְהוָה לְעֶזְרָתִי חֽוּשָׁה׃retzeh-yehvah-lehatziyleniy-yehvah-le'ezeratiy-chvshah
KJV: 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.
AKJV: 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.
ASV: Let them be put to shame and confounded together
YLT: They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:14Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:14
Psalms 40:14 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 40:14
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- Psalms 40:14
Exposition: Psalms 40:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:15
Hebrew
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיַחְפְּרוּ ׀ יַחַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי לִסְפּוֹתָהּ יִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר וְיִכָּלְמוּ חֲפֵצֵי רָעָתִֽי׃yevoshv-veyacheferv- -yachad-mevaqeshey-nafeshiy-lisefvotah-yisogv-'achvor-veyikhalemv-chafetzey-ra'atiy
KJV: Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
AKJV: Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha.
ASV: Let them be desolate by reason of their shame
YLT: They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, `Aha, aha.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:15Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:15
Psalms 40:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 40:15
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 40:15
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Aha
Exposition: Psalms 40:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:16
Hebrew
יָשֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵקֶב בָּשְׁתָּם הָאֹמְרִים לִי הֶאָח ׀ הֶאָֽח׃yashomv-'al-'eqev-vashetam-ha'omeriym-liy-he'ach- -he'ach
KJV: Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
AKJV: Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
ASV: Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
YLT: All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, `Jehovah is magnified.'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:16Generated editorial synthesis
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Psalms 40:16
Psalms 40:16 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 40:16
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- Psalms 40:16
Exposition: Psalms 40:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Psalms 40:17
Hebrew
יָשִׂישׂוּ וְיִשְׂמְחוּ ׀ בְּךָ כָּֽל־מְבַקְשֶׁיךָ יֹאמְרוּ תָמִיד יִגְדַּל יְהוָה אֹֽהֲבֵי תְּשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃yashiyshv-veyishemechv- -vekha-khal-mevaqesheykha-yo'merv-tamiyd-yigedal-yehvah-'ohavey-teshv'atekha
KJV: 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.
AKJV: But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks on me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
ASV: But I am poor and needy;
YLT: And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Psalms 40:17Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Psalms 40:17
Psalms 40:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: '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.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 40:17
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Psalms 40:17
Exposition: Psalms 40:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '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.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Psalms 40:1
- Psalms 40:2
- Psalms 40:3
- Psalms 40:4
- Psalms 40:5
- Psalms 40:6
- Psalms 40:7
- Psalms 40:8
- Psalms 40:9
- Psalms 40:10
- Psalms 40:11
- Psalms 40:12
- Psalms 40:13
- Psalms 40:14
- Psalms 40:15
- Psalms 40:16
- Psalms 40:17
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Lo
- Aha
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Psalms 40:1
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
Canonical locus
Psalms 40:1
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Apologetics Bible source bundle
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