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Psalms 40

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Part of Book I📖 Psalms introduction

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1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. ✦ 2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm. ✦ 3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. ✦ 4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. ✦ 5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count. ✦ 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. ✦ 7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: ✦ 8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” ✦ 9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. ✦ 10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly. ✦ 11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. ✦ 12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me. ✦ 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me. ✦ 14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated. ✦ 15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame. ✦ 16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!” ✦ 17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 119 ·12Ps 35 ·7Ps 69 ·7Ps 34 ·5Ps 22 ·5Ps 71 ·5Ps 70 ·4Acts 2 ·3

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 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.

Resources, by level

Lay

  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 40YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 40David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

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

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

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 40Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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