Psalms 40:1
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
In Context
2With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.
Cross References
Psalms 34:15Turn away from evil and do good: seek after peace and pursue it.
Psalms 116:2dummy verses inserted by amos
Daniel 9:18Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender 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 →