Psalms 40:12
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.
King James Version
In Context
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Cross References
Genesis 42:28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Psalms 22:11Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.
Psalms 61:8So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 21:26Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall 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 →