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Psalms 40

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1I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry. ✦ 2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. ✦ 3He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord. ✦ 4Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. ✦ 5Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. ✦ 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. ✦ 7Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. ✦ 8I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.” ✦ 9I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord, You Yourself know. ✦ 10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly. ✦ 11Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. ✦ 12For innumerable evils have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; Therefore my heart fails me. ✦ 13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me! ✦ 14Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion Who seek to destroy my life; Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor Who wish me evil. ✦ 15Let them be confounded because of their shame, Who say to me, “Aha, aha!” ✦ 16Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, “The Lord be magnified!” ✦ 17But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinks upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O 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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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    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

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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