Psalms 40:13

May it please thee, O LORD! to deliver me! O LORD! make haste to mine aid!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For 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.

14May they all be confounded and covered with shame Who seek to take away my life! Let them be driven back with disgrace Who desire to do me injury!

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Cross References

Psalms 25:17Lighten the sorrows of my heart, And deliver me from my troubles!

Psalms 38:22Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!

Psalms 71:12O God! be not far from me! Come speedily to mine aid, O my God!

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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