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Psalms 40:13

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¶Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me; Hurry, Lord, to help me.
Psalms 40:13 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
  • 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!
  • NLT Please, Lord, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.

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Quick answer

David pleads with the Lord to be pleased to deliver him and to hurry to his help. Overwhelmed, he cries urgently for rescue.

Overview

The petition is direct and dependent, asking God both to will and to act swiftly. It mirrors the language repeated at the end of Psalm 70. Such urgent appeals model honest, importunate prayer in distress.

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

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 40:13YouTube · Lay · Free

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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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