_I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD; AND HE INCLINED UNTO ME, AND HEARD MY CRY._ Psalms 40:1.-Messiah's new song of thanksgiving for redemption accomplished in His resurrection (Hebrews 10:6). He represents Himself as the end of all the typical sacrifices, according to the volume of Scripture: doing Go... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 also out of an horrible pit - literally, 'from a deep of roaring.' The Hebrew х_ MIBOWR _ (H953) _ SHAA'OWN_ (H7588), from a root, _ SHAA'AH_ (H7582), to ro... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE HATH PUT A NEW SONG IN MY MOUTH, EVEN PRAISE UNTO OUR GOD: MANY SHALL SEE IT, AND FEAR, AND SHALL TRUST IN THE LORD._ And he hath put a new song in my mouth - literally, 'He hath given a new song,' etc. The theme of 'the new song,' though one in essential substance, has many particular vari... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED IS THAT MAN THAT MAKETH THE LORD HIS TRUST, AND RESPECTETH NOT THE PROUD, NOR SUCH AS TURN ASIDE TO LIES._ The inference from the gracious deliverance vouchsafed by the Lord to Him (as the Sufferer in confident faith foresees it will be). BLESSED IS THAT MAN THAT ... RESPECTETH NOT THE P... [ Continue Reading ]
_MANY, O LORD MY GOD, ARE THY WONDERFUL WORKS WHICH THOU HAST DONE, AND THY THOUGHTS WHICH ARE TO US-WARD: THEY CANNOT BE RECKONED UP IN ORDER UNTO THEE: IF I WOULD DECLARE AND SPEAK OF THEM, THEY ARE MORE THAN CAN BE NUMBERED._ From his own deliverance he passes to those vouchsafed to the people o... [ Continue Reading ]
_SACRIFICE AND OFFERING THOU DIDST NOT DESIRE; MINE EARS HAST THOU OPENED: BURNT OFFERING AND SIN OFFERING HAST THOU NOT REQUIRED._ The second half of the first part, Psalms 40:6. The petitioner testifies that he doeth God's will from the heart, not merely in external forms. SACRIFICE AND OFFERING... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID I, LO, I COME: IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME,_ Then (_ 'AAZ_ (H227)) - when sacrifices and offerings, such as the Mosaic law prescribed, were proved not to be what God desired for the expiation of sin, or even for the perfect fulfillment of the law of obedience. Then, "wh... [ Continue Reading ]
_I DELIGHT TO DO THY WILL, O MY GOD: YEA, THY LAW IS WITHIN MY HEART._ I delight to do thy will - (John 4:34; John 6:38; John 17:4.) As the Son saith, "I delight" to do the Father's will, so the Father saith of the Son (Isaiah 42:1), "Behold my servant ... mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I HAVE PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION: LO, I HAVE NOT REFRAINED MY LIPS, O LORD, THOU KNOWEST._ I have preached righteousness in the great congregation. From the fulfilling of God's will in deeds he I HAVE PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION. From the fulfilling of G... [ Continue Reading ]
_I HAVE NOT HID THY RIGHTEOUSNESS WITHIN MY HEART; I HAVE DECLARED THY FAITHFULNESS AND THY SALVATION: I HAVE NOT CONCEALED THY LOVINGKINDNESS AND THY TRUTH FROM THE GREAT CONGREGATION._ I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation (Psalms 22:22; Psalms 22:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
_WITHHOLD NOT THOU THY TENDER MERCIES FROM ME, O LORD: LET THY LOVINGKINDNESS AND THY TRUTH CONTINUALLY PRESERVE ME._ Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord - even as I have not withheld (the Hebrew verb, _ TIKLAA'_ (H3607), here is the same as in Psalms 40:9, "refrained") my lips fro... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me - the aggregat... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 together that seek after my soul ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THEM BE DESOLATE FOR A REWARD OF THEIR SHAME THAT SAY UNTO ME, AHA, AHA._ Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame ... Let all those that seek thee rejoice ... let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. There are here two pairs, with the same petitions, in r... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I AM POOR AND NEEDY; YET THE LORD THINKETH UPON ME: THOU ART MY HELP AND MY DELIVERER; MAKE NO TARRYING, O MY GOD._ But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me - and therefore will care for me (1 Peter 5:7), and supply my needs out of the riches of His grace. Compare Psalms 40:5, "t... [ Continue Reading ]