Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
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13Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.
Cross References
Genesis 42:28He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
Psalms 22:11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
Psalms 61:8So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 21:26men fainting for fear and for expectation of the 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 →