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LET THEM BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED TOGETHER - See at Psalms 35:4,
note; Psalms 35:26, note. This may be understood here rather as a
confident expectation than a wish or desire. It implies the certaint...
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Psalms 40
Christ the Obedient One and the Fruit of His Work
_ 1. The path of the Obedient One (Psalms 40:1)_
2. His prayer and His comfort (Psalms 40:13)...
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XL. A. PSALMS 40:1. 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. It is
gr...
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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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The scene is changed. The sky is overclouded. Supplication for speedy
help in time of danger takes the place of joyous thanksgiving....
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The whole verse is a repetition, with variations, of Psalms 35:4;
Psalms 35:26 (cp. Psalms 38:12); and _v. 5-17_recall _v._ 21, 25, 27,
10 of the same Psalm. _Together_and _to destroy it_are omitted i...
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PSALMS 40
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Three Stirring Reminiscences of King David's History.
ANALYSIS
Part I., Significant Memorials of David's Coronation. Stanza I.,
Psalms 40:1-3, A highly Figurative Descri...
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_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 ......
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This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to
have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1 the writer recalls
with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delivered hi...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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_[Psalms 40:15]_ יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְ יַחְפְּר֨וּ ׀
יַחַד֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י...
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Psalms 40:1
THE closing verses of this psalm reappear with slight changes as an
independent whole in Psalms 70:1. The question arises whether that is
a fragment or this a conglomerate. Modern opinion...
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A CRY FOR DELIVERANCE
Psalms 40:11
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 faithfulness. The...
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Again we find in this psalm the perfect structure found in Psalms
27:1. Praise prepares for prayer. The experience has mounted higher
than in the preceding song (39). The singer still suffers diction,...
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Let them be (l) ashamed and confounded together that seek after my
soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that
wish me evil.
(l) He desires that God's mercy may contend for...
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So be it. Chaldean, "Amen." This word, at the beginning of a
discourse, implies an affirmative oath; (Matthew vi. 13.) and at the
end, it is a mark of approbation, Numbers v. 22. --- Here the Jews
ter...
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See, Reader, with what confidence Jesus beholds the travail of his
soul. His enemies, and the enemies of his church, must be destroyed.
This is in the covenant. I will beat down his foes before his fa...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 40 AND 41.
In Psalms 40 then Christ is seen, not only in His passage through the
sorrows which beset His way, if He took up the cause of the
disobedient and guil...
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LET THEM BE ASHAMED AND CONFOUNDED TOGETHER,.... As they will be at
the last day, when they shall see him whom they have pierced come in
the clouds of heaven, in his own and his Father's glory, and in...
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to
destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me
evil.
Ver. 14. _Let them be ashamed and confounded togethe...
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_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. _That seek after my soul_ That is, my life. _Let them...
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to
destroy it, for all the enemies of mankind were pursuing Him with all
the curse, wrath, and damnation which the countless sins of...
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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
Hebrew...
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11-17 The best saints see themselves undone, unless continually
preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist
had of sin. This made the discovery of a Redeemer so welcome. In...
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LET THEM BE ASHAMED, for the disappointment of their hopes and
designs. MY SOUL, i.e. my life, as EXODUS 4:9 1 SAMUEL 20:1....
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Psalms 40:14 ashamed H954 (H8799) mutual H3162 confusion H2659 (H8799)
seek H1245 (H8764) destroy H5595 ...
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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 ASSIST...
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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 so doing; but still, there is such a unity between...
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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
deliverance!
Psalms 40:1. _I waited patiently for the LORD;...
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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 and...
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CONTENTS: God's salvation extolled and prayer for deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Those who seek God in all their perplexities shall rejoice
and be glad in Him, for He will not only...
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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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_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 wonderful
what a ray of light will do; the sun suddenly s...
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_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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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 40:1. This psalm combines thanks for past
mercies with a new request for God’s help.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 40:11 Verse Psalms 40:11 alludes to Exodus
34:6. Previous experiences provide assurance that, i
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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 of...
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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 Psalms 40:...
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I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my
cry. He brought me up also out of the horrible pit, out of the miry
clay, he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings ...