Psalms 40:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Psalms 40:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  For innumerable evils have compassed me about - Have surrounded me, or have beset me on every side. The evils here referred to, understood as being those which came upon the Messiah, were sorrows...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 (k) faileth me....

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• Psalms 40:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• Psalms 40:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  evils . calamities. Hebrew. ra'a' . App-44. iniquities. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for their punishment. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44. Laid on Him as the substituted sacrif...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  12. For innumerable evils have compassed me on all sides This phrase, in the original, denotes more than can be expressed in an English translation; for he says, עלי alay, upon me, meani...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Inn...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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....

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• Psalms 40:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Cry for Deliverance Psalms 40:11-17 To the end of life we shall continually need God's lovingkindness, to deal mercifully with our failures and sins, and His truth, that is, His faithfuln...

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• Psalms 40:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Some have thought that these are the words of David king of Israel, speaking in his own person, and seeking for mercy in Christ. But certainly there is no authority for the supposition. No one can th...

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• Psalms 40:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).

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• Psalms 40:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  For innumerable evils have compassed me about ,.... Like floods of water all around him; see Psalms 18:4 ; these are the evils of punishment inflicted on him, as the surety and Saviour of his peopl...

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• Psalms 40:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. V...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Withhold not thy tender mercies , &c. This prayer is uttered by David, either, 1st, In the person of Christ, to whom it may agree; or, rather, 2d, In his own person. For having been transported...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Encouragement in Prayer.       11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O L ORD : let thy lovingkindness and thy trut...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Mine iniquities; either, 1. The punishment of mine iniquities, as Genesis 4:13 1 Samuel 28:10 Psalms 31:10 . Or, 2. The iniquities themselves. This phrase cannot be understood of Christ....

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• Psalms 40:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Having Established His Gratitude And Loyalty And The Faithfulness Of His Testimony With Regard to God, He Now Seeks God's Aid In Helping Him With Regard To His Own Sinfulness And Prays Also For Assi...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 40:5-12 So then there are two series of things which cannot be numbered God's mercies and man's sin. I. If we keep these two things close together in cur contemplations, they suggest for u...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 40:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Prophetic Office. To the chief musician, for performance in liturgical services, a psalm of David, the Messiah Himself speaking through his mouth and pen. Cf He...

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• Psalms 40:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 3:18 ; Genesis 42:28 ; Hebrews 4:15 ; Isaiah 53:6 ; Luke 18:13 ; Luke 18:14 ; Luke 21:26 ; Psalms 19:12 ; Psalms 22:11-19 ; Psalms 38:4 ; Psalms 69:4 ; Psalms 73:26

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• Psalms 40:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Taken hold — Mens sins are figuratively said to take hold of them, as an officer takes hold of a man whom he arrests. To look — Unto God or men, with any comfort: I am ashamed and confounded.

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