Psalms 40:1

Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

In Context

2May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 34:15Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were + 34:15 The Gr. is repeated, by a Hebraism. plentifully brought against me, and I knew it not: they were scattered, but + 34:15 See Acts 2:37. repented not. 1

Psalms 116:2For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.

Daniel 9:18Incline your ear, O my God, and hear; open your eyes and behold our desolation, and that of your city on which your name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before you on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of your manifold compassions, O Lord.

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 →

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