Psalms 40:13
\40:12\For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
In Context
14\40:13\Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.
Cross References
Psalms 25:17The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.
Psalms 38:22\38:21\Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me; O my God, come quickly to my help.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:12-17
Encouragement in Prayer. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 13 Be pleased, O Lord , to deliver me: O Lord , make haste to help me. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven… Read the whole commentary →