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Psalms 40:13

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Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
Psalms 40:13 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
  • BSB Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
  • NKJV Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me!
  • NASB ¶Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me; Hurry, Lord, to help me.
  • NLT Please, Lord, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Ps 70:1–5For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
  • Ps 38:22Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
  • Ps 25:17–18The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
  • Matt 26:36–44Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go there and pray.”
  • Ps 22:19But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.
  • Ps 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 40:13 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Be pleasedרָצָהO LORDיְהֹוָהto deliverנָצַלme: O LORDיְהֹוָהmake hasteחוּשׁto helpעֶזְרָה
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