Psalms 40:13

Be pleased, O YHWH, to deliver me, || O YHWH, make haste for my help.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

In Context

12For innumerable evils have surrounded me, || My iniquities have overtaken me, || And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, || And my heart has forsaken me.

14They are ashamed and confounded together, || Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, || They are turned backward, || And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:17The distresses of my heart have enlarged themselves, || Bring me out from my distresses.

Psalms 38:22Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

Psalms 71:12O God, do not be far from me, || O my God, make haste for my help.

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 →

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