Psalms 40:13
But thou didst help me because of mine innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
In Context
12By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.
14Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
Cross References
Psalms 71:12For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.
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 →