Psalms 40:12
(40:13) For evils without number have compassed me about; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see: they are more numerous than the hairs of my head; and my courage hath forsaken me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13(40:14) Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, hasten to my help.
Cross References
Genesis 42:28And he said unto his brothers, My money hath been restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Psalms 22:11(22:12) Oh be not far from me [now]; for distress is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 61:8(61:9) So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may pay my vows day by day.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.
Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep went astray; every one to his own way did we turn; and the Lord let befall him the guilt of us all.
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 →