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. forsakethBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
KJV
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.
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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HENRY_FULL · Psalms 40:13
Exodus 15:20Psalms 22:19
Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
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 6:5And 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 15:16And 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 15:28Thus 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 25:3Of 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 25:6All 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 5:8And 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 14:2And 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.
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Psalms 38:22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. to: Heb. for my help
Psalms 70:1To 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 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Frequently asked questions
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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