Psalms 40:13

O Lord, be pleased to deliver me, haste to my help, O Lord.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For 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.

14May those who are seeking my life be ashamed and confounded together; may those who delight in my hurt be defeated and brought to dishonor.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:17In my heart are strain and storm; bring me out of my distresses.

Psalms 38:22Hasten to help me, O Lord my savior.

Psalms 71:12O God, be not far from me, haste, O my God, to 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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