“ I waiteda patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. ”
I waited patiently for the Lord - Margin, as in Hebrew, “In waiting I waited.” That is, “I continued to wait.” It was not a single, momentary act of expectation or hope; it was continuous; or, wa...
"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." I waited (a) patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. (a) Though God deferred his help, yet he patiently abode till he was heard....
XL. A. Psalms 40:1-11 . A Thanksgiving for Deliverance. The Psalmist believes that his own gratitude will give confidence to others. God, he says, takes no special delight in sacrificial worship....
To the chief Musician. See App-64. Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. Mizmor. App-65. of David . by David, and relating to the true David. I waited patiently. Hebrew in waiting. waited. Figure of spe...
1. In waiting I waited The beginning of this psalm is an expression of thanksgiving, in which David relates that he had been delivered, not only from danger, but also from present death. Som...
DISCOURSE: 569 DAVID’S SUCCESS IN PRAYER AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO US Psalms 40:1-3 . I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrib...
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. I waited patiently for the Lord - The two preceding Psalms are proofs of the patie...
The benefit of confidence in God. Obedience is the best sacrifice. The sense of David's evils inflameth his prayer. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Title. מזמור לדוד למנצח lamnatse...
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Psalms 40:1-17 .-Messiah's new song of thanksgiving for redemption accomplished in His resurrection ( Hebrews 10:6-...
This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1-11 the writer recalls with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delive...
I waited patiently. — As the margin shows, this is expressed by the common Hebrew idiom the infinitive absolute with the preterite. We may nearly express it by repetition: I waited and waited....
Psalms 40:1-17 THE closing verses of this psalm reappear with slight changes as an independent whole in Psalms 70:1-5 . The question arises whether that is a fragment or this a conglomerate. Mode...
a Joyous Testimony Psalms 40:1-10 This psalm follows appropriately on the two former, in which the psalmist had been detailing his sufferings. Here he celebrates deliverance. But a Greater than...
Again we find in this psalm the perfect structure found in Psalms 27:1-14 . Praise prepares for prayer. The experience has mounted higher than in the preceding song (39). The singer still suffers di...
CONTENTS This is altogether a gospel Psalm; and most certainly, from the authority of the Holy Ghost, we may safely conclude that here the Spirit of Christ, which was in the prophets, guided and dir...
Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
I waited patiently for the Lord ,.... Or "waiting I waited" i; which denotes continuance, constancy, and patience; and which Christ exercised in the garden, when he submitted himself entirely to the...
Psalms 40:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Ver. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord ] Heb. In waiting I wa...
I waited patiently for the Lord Hebrew, קוה קויתי, kavvo kivviti, in waiting I waited , or, in hoping I hoped , which doubling of the word signifies that he waited or hoped diligently and earnest...
The Benefit of Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1 I waited patiently for the L ORD ; and...
PSALM 40 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is a celebration of God's great goodness and mercy vouchsafed unto him and all his people. It is certain and evident that David speaks some things in this Book of P...
David Rejoices In His Past Deliverance Because He Believes That It Will Cause Many To Trust In YHWH ( Psalms 40:1-3 ). Psalms 40:1-3 ‘I waited in patient waiting for YHWH, And he inclined to m...
INTRODUCTION Superscription : “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David.” The psalm is addressed to “the Chief Musician,” that he might set it to music for use in public worship. We have no means o...
I waited The 40th Psalm speaks of Messiah, Jehovah's Servant, obedient unto death. The Psalm begins with the joy of Christ in resurrection ( Psalms 40:1 ); ( Psalms 40:2 ). He has been in the...
These are the words of David: they are the words of all God's tried and believing people; but above all they are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. So complete is the union between Christ an...
This psalm of David is a consequence of the preseding. It is an ode of thanksgiving for liberation from the profound grief and sorrow under which he had groaned. Here he rises above the cloud, and as...
I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Waiting for the Lord There is a Divine law of waiting which has an essential connection with the larger law of giving...
EXPOSITION THE occasion of this psalm is some great deliverance which has been vouchsafed to the author of it, for which he desires to praise and thank God. Of this deliverance he speaks in P...
I waited patiently for the Lord, literally, "Waiting, I waited for Jehovah," the expression denoting the long siege of patient waiting for the help which the Messiah confidently expected; and He inc...
Daniel 9:18 ; James 5:7-11 ; Psalms 27:13 ; Psalms 27:14 ; Psalms 37:7 ; Psalms 116:2 ; Psalms 130:2