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Psalms 40

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1I waited patiently for the Lord; And He reached down to me and heard my cry. ✦ 2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm. ✦ 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord. ✦ 4¶How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who become involved in falsehood. ✦ 5Many, Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is no one to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count. ✦ 6¶You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering; You have opened my ears; You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. ✦ 7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; It is written of me in the scroll of the book. ✦ 8“I delight to do Your will, my God; Your Law is within my heart.” ✦ 9¶I have proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, Lord, You know. ✦ 10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation. ✦ 11¶You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me. ✦ 12For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. ✦ 13¶Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me; Hurry, Lord, to help me. ✦ 14May those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; May those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. ✦ 15May those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!” ✦ 16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; May those who love Your salvation continually say, “The Lord be exalted!” ✦ 17But I am afflicted and needy; May the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my savior; Do not delay, my God. ✦

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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.

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  • ★ 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.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

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

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

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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

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