←Psalm 40→BSB

In This Chapter 98 terms 2 themes 4 resources

Key Terms

Kindness (Solidarity) 6 Trust 4 Salvation (Deliverance) 4 Truth (Faithfulness) 4 Love 4 Sin Offering (Guilt Removal) 3 Fear 2 Safety (State) 2 Burnt Offering 2 Delight 2 Instruction 2 Justice (Right) 2 Steadiness (Quality) 2 Transgression 2 Fear (State) Awe (State) Fear (Terror) Fear (Reverence) Fear (Awe) Fearful Respect Respect (Among People) Safety Safety (Trust) Safe Safety (Security) Safety (Confidence) Slaughtering Gift (Tribute) Offering Sin Offering Peace Offering Offering Made by Fire Offering (Contribution) Drink-Offering Guilt-Offering Sacrifice (Offering) Wave-Offering Voluntary Offering Gift (Offering) Dedication (Ceremony) Offer Sacrifice Sacrifice (Act) Sacrifice (Ritual) Whole Burnt Offering Offering (Special) Offering (Voluntary) Righteousness (Standard) Be (Or Show Oneself) Just Acquit Righteousness (Act) Just Put Right With Make Righteous Deserved Justify (Vindicate) Justify Justly Justice Righteousness (Quality) Faithfulness (Truth) Faithful Faithfulness (Trust) Salvation Save (Help) Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Be Kind Kindness (Benevolence) Kindness (Graciousness) Kindness (Affection) Truthfulness To Sin Sin Guilt (State) Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against To Love Love (Appreciation)

Themes

Psalms of Suffering Wisdom Psalms

Resources

Confession Articles Fellowship Articles Imprecatory Psalms Articles Messiah Articles

I Waited Patiently for the LORD

(Psalms 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

ⓘ This psalm includes a thanksgiving song (40:1–10) followed...

This psalm includes a thanksgiving song (40:1–10) followed by a lament (40:11–17). The thanksgiving song includes the reason for the thanksgiving (40:1–5), an affirmation of commitment (40:6–8), and a public testimony of God’s character (40:7–10). The lament concerns the psalmist’s troubles because of his sins (40:11–12) and is followed by two prayers for vindication (40:13–15, 17).
ⓘ The psalmist thanks the Lord for his rescue...

The psalmist thanks the Lord for his rescue and testifies that God can be trusted.
1I waited patiently for the LORD;He inclined to me and heard my cry.2He lifted me up from the pit of despair,out of the miry clay;He set my feet upon a rock,and made my footsteps firm.3He put a new song in my mouth,a hymn of praise to our God.Many will see and fearand put their trust in the LORD.
4Blessed is the manwho has made the LORD his trust,who has not turned to the proud,nor to those who lapse into falsehood.†5Many, O LORD my God,are the wonders You have done,and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them,they are more than I can count.
6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,but my ears You have opened.†Burnt offerings and sin offeringsYou did not require.7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:8I delight to do Your will, O my God;†Your law is within my heart.”
9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;behold, I do not seal my lips,as You, O LORD, do know.10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart;I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation;I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulnessfrom the great assembly.
11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me;Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
ⓘ The psalmist is troubled by both his adversities...
  • The psalmist is troubled by both his adversities and his own sins and prays for rescue.
  • This passage is repeated almost verbatim as Ps 70.
12For evils without number surround me;my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see.They are more than the hairs of my head,and my heart has failed within me.13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14May those who seek my lifebe ashamed and confounded;may those who wish me harmbe repelled and humiliated.15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”be appalled at their own shame.16May all who seek Yourejoice and be glad in You;may those who love Your salvationalways say, “The LORD be magnified!”
17But I am poor and needy;may the Lord think of me.You are my helper and deliverer;O my God, do not delay.