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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 40:9

Righteousness — Thy faithfulness. Great congregation — In the most public and solemn assemblies: not only to the Jews, but also to all nations; to whom Christ preached by his apostles, as is observed Ephesians 2:17. Not refrained — From preaching it, even to the face of mine enemies.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 40:9. _I HAVE PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS_] I think it best to refer these words to Christ and his apostles. In consequence of his having become a sacrifice for sin, the Jewish sacrificial sy...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION - I have main tained and defended the principles of righteousness and truth among assembled multitudes. it would be difficult to see how this co...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    PREACHED. declared as glad tidings. _euaggelizo_ in N.T. CONGREGATION. assembly, or convocation....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I have preached righteousness_ R.V. I have published: better, as R.V. marg., I have proclaimed glad tidings of, εὐηγγελισάμην δικαιοσύνην (LXX). His theme was -righteousness;" all the facts which are...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Beside the sacrifice of himself, he has not failed to render the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, by the fullest public proclamation of Jehovah's goodness, which he trusts he will still continue...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 570 CHRIST A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Psalms 40:9_. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: Lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest. I have not hid thy rig...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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'...

  • 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 the writer recalls with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delivered hi...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION] among the people assembled at some festival....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I have preached righteousness in the (h) great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. (h) In the Church assembled in the sanctuary....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I HAVE PREACHED RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE GREAT CONGREGATION,.... Not the righteousness which the law requires men to do; but the righteousness which Christ himself wrought out, for the justification of th...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. Ver. 9. _I have preached righteousness in the great congregation_] David did this, but...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I have preached righteousness_ Namely, _thy righteousness_, as it is expressed in the next verse; that is, thy faithfulness, as it is there explained; or, righteousness properly so called; for both w...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I have preached righteousness in the great congregation, declaring and proclaiming it through the mouth of His servants. LO, I HAVE NOT REFRAINED MY LIPS, O LORD, THOU KNOWEST, He had not closed them...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-10 The psalmist foretells that work of wonder, redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Substance must come, which is Christ, who must bring that glory to God, and that grace to man, which it was i...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    RIGHTEOUSNESS, to wit, _thy righteousness_, as it is expressed in the next verse, i.e. thy faithfulness, as it is there explained; or righteousness properly so called; for both were fully declared and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 40:9 proclaimed H1319 (H8765) righteousness H6664 great H7227 assembly H6951 restrain H3607 (H8799) lips H8193

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HE DECLARES TO GOD THAT HE HAS BEEN FAITHFUL IN HIS TESTIMONY TOWARDS HIS FELLOW BELIEVERS ABOUT GOD'S GOODNESS AND FAITHFULNESS, WHICH IS OF COURSE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HIS OBEDIENCE (PSALMS 40:9)....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 40:9 I. The Psalmist speaks here rather of the mind with which the Son of God should come than of the end for which He should come. He speaks of that obedience, which healed our disobedience,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • 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 had groaned. Here he rises above the cloud, and as...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • 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 essential connection with the larger law of giving....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 40:1. This psalm combines thanks for past mercies with a new request for God’s help. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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:...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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 ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 2:12; John 21:17; Luke 4:16; Mark 16:15; Mark 16:16;...

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