Psalms 40:2

brought. hath brought.

rock. Hebrew. sela'. See notes on Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit - Margin: “A pit of noise.” The word used here means a pit; a cistern; a prison; a dungeon; a grave....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

He brought me up also out of an (b) horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings. (b) He has deliver...
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

2. And he drew me out of the roaring pit. Some translate, from the pit of desolation, (80) because the verb שאה, shaah, from which th...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 he...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Out of an horrible pit— As David often compares himself in distress to a sinking and drowning man; so here he compares the affliction from which he...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. He brought me up...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pit.. clay ] The combination of these figures for trouble is illustrated by the dungeon, with mire at the bottom, into which Jeremiah was cast ( Jer...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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 Joyous Testimony Psalms 40:1-10 This psalm follows appropriately on the two former, in which the psalmist had been detailing his sufferings....
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

I cannot but imagine that we sadly overlook the design of God the Holy Ghost in this most sublime Psalm, when we apply any part or portion of it to D...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit ,.... Which, with the following phrase, out of the miry clay , expresses the state and condition Chri...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings. Ver. 2. He brought m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 signif...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Benefit of Confidence in God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I waited patiently, Heb. in waiting I waited ; which doubling of the word notes that he waited diligently and earnestly, patiently and persevering...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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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

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay. Out of the pit I. His condition. 1. He was sunk in deep and dark depress...
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

He brought Me up also out of an horrible pit, where He was wasting away with sufferings, out of the miry clay, into which He was sinking down, appa...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:24 ; Acts 2:27-31 ; Isaiah 24:22 ; Jeremiah 38:6-12 ; Jonah 2:5 ; Jonah 2:6 ; Lamentations 3:53-55 ; Matthew 13:50 ; Matthew 7:24 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pit — Desperate dangers and calamities. Rock — A place of strength and safety. Established — Kept me from falling into mischief.

² He brought me up also out of an horribleb pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 40:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 40:2