Psalms 40:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 34:15And they have been joyful against me, and they joined together. Scourges have been gathered over me, and I was ignorant of it.
Psalms 116:2For his mercy has been confirmed over us. And the truth of the Lord remains for all eternity.
Daniel 9:18Incline your ear, O my God, and hear, open your eyes and see our desolation and the city over which your name is invoked. For it is not through our justifications that we offer requests before your face, but through the fullness of your compassion.
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 →