Psalms 40:13

Be pleased. — From this verse onwards, with some trifling variations which will be noticed under that psalm, this passage occurs as Psalms 70, where see Notes.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 40:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me - That is, in these troubles and sorrows. See Matthew 26:39 . The prayer is that, if possible, the cup of sorr...
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,...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Be thou pleased, O Jehovah! to deliver me. The verb which David here makes use of, signifies to desire a thing from pure kindness and go...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me ... Let them be ashamed and confounded to...
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 tha...
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 wheth...
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...
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 th...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me ,.... From the innumerable evils which compassed him about; from sinful men, and from devils, signified by the swo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. Ver. 13. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me ] Do it of thy free grace, and mere m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Be pleased to deliver me From my sins, and the punishment due to them. Let them be ashamed For the disappointment of their hopes and designs. Th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement in Prayer. 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deliver me from my sins, and the punishments due to them.
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 Re...
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 m...
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 h...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

If our hearts are in trouble, as his was who wrote this Psalm, may we be able to act as wisely and as well as he did, and so obtain a like deliveranc...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. If I were to read this Psalm all through as referring to Christ, and to Christ only, I should be correct in...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Innumerable evils have compassed me about. Out of the depths I. A soul beset. 1. He is made to see the countless number of his sins. It is w...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me, haste being necessary because He was in such depths of oppression.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 26:36-44 ; Psalms 25:17 ; Psalms 25:18 ; Psalms 38:22 ; Psalms 70:1-5

¹³ Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 40:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 40:13