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Psalms 40:11

Thou, O Jehovah, wilt not restrain Thy tender mercies from me,

Thy lovingkindness and thy truth shall continually guard me.

The words are not a prayer but an expression of confidence in the certainty of God's response (Matthew 10:32). Thou is emphatic. God on His part will not fail. The double correspondence with Psalms 40:9 should be noted. As he has not restrainedhis lips, so, he trusts, God will not restrainHis tender mercies: as he has not ceased to acknowledge God's lovingkindness and truth, so that lovingkindness and truth will not cease to protect him. Cp. Psalms 25:21; Psalms 61:7; Isaiah 63:15.

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