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Psalms 40:13

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

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Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

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

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

40:14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

What does Psalms 40:13 mean?

Psalms 40:13 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָצָה (râtsâh), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), נָצַל (nâtsal). It connects to 8 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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Be
pleased,רָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
to
deliverנָצַלnâtsal/naw-tsal'/H5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
me:
O
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
make
hasteחוּשׁchûwsh/koosh/H2363to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
to
helpעֶזְרָהʻezrâh/ez-raw'/H5833aid
me.

Commentary on Psalms 40:13

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 40:13
ed Spirit that moved and guided them. The psalmist, in this psalm, I. Calls upon the righteous to praise God, ver. 1-3 . II. Furnishes us with matter for praise. We must praise God, 1. For his justice, goodness, and truth, appearing in his word, and in all his works, ver. 4, 5 . 2. For his power appearing in the work of creation, ver. 6-9 . 3. For the sovereignty of his providence in the government of the world ( ver. 10, 11 ) and again, ver. 13-17 . 4. For the peculiar favour which he bears to his own chosen people, which encourages them to trust in him ( ver. 12 ) and again, ver. 18-22 . We need not be at a loss for proper thoughts in singing this psalm, which so naturally expresses the pious affections of a devout soul towards God. An Exhortation to Praise God. 1 Rejoice in the Lord , O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 15:20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

2 Samuel 6:5

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

1 Chronicles 15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

1 Chronicles 15:28

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

1 Chronicles 25:3

Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. Zeri: or, Izri

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. according: Heb. by the hands of the king

Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. odours: or, incense

Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 40:13.

Psalms 22:19

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

Psalms 38:22

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. to: Heb. for my help

Psalms 70:1

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD. to help: Heb. to my help

Psalms 71:12

O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

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What does Psalms 40:13 say?

Psalms 40:13 (King James Version) reads: "Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me."

Is Psalms 40:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 40:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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