Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
Cross References
Genesis 42:28And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that] God has done to us?
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 61:8So will I sing forth thy name for ever, performing my vows from day to day.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 21:26men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
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 →