Psalms 40:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 34:15\34:14\Be turned from evil, and do good; make a search for peace, desiring it with all your heart.
Psalms 116:2He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
Daniel 9:18O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:1
It should seem David penned this psalm upon occasion of his deliverance, by the power and goodness of God, from some great and pressing trouble, by which he was in danger of being overwhelmed; probably it was some trouble of mind arising from a sense of sin and of God's displeasure against him for it; whatever it was, the same Spirit that indited his praises for that deliverance was in him, at the same time, a Spirit of prophecy, testifying of the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow; or, ere he… Read the whole commentary →