Psalms 40:12
For evils that cannot be numbered have compassed me round. My transgressions have followed me up – I can bear it no more. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has forsaken me.
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13O Lord, be pleased to deliver me, haste to my help, O Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 42:28He said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned; here it is in my pack.” They were dismayed and fearful, and said to one another, “What has God done to us?”
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me, for trouble is nigh, and there is none to help.
Psalms 61:8And I will sing praise to your name forever, paying my vows day after day.
Psalms 73:26Though flesh and heart waste away, yet God is the rock of my heart, yet God is my portion forever.
Luke 21:26People’s hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
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 →