Psalms 40:12
For evils without number have encompassed me; My iniquities have overtaken me; I cannot see the end of them; They are more than the hairs of my head, And my heart dieth within me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13May it please thee, O LORD! to deliver me! O LORD! make haste to mine aid!
Cross References
Psalms 22:11Oh, be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help!
Psalms 61:8So will I sing praise to thy name for ever; I will daily perform my vows.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Isaiah 53:6All we, like sheep, were going astray; We turned every one to his own way, And Jehovah laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 21:26men's hearts failing them from fear, and from looking for those things which are coming on the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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 →