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Verse Psalms 40:17. _BUT I_ AM _POOR_] עני _ani_, afflicted,
greatly depressed.
_AND NEEDY_] אביון _ebyon_, a _beggar_. One utterly destitute,
and seeking help.
_THE LORD THINKETH UPON ME_] The wor...
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BUT I AM POOR AND NEEDY - More literally, “I am afflicted and
poor.” The language would describe the condition of one who was
afflicted and was at the same time poor; of one who had no resource
but in...
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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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POOR. afflicted. Hebrew. _'anah._
THE LORD *. The primitive text read "Jehovah", but altered by the
_Sopherim_ to "Adonai". See App-32. Some codices, with seven early
printed editions, read "may Jeho...
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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 Psalmist reverts to his own need, but in calm assurance that he is
not forgotten.
But I, who am afflicted and needy:
The Lord will take thought for me.
For _afflicted and needy_, see Psalms 9:1...
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DISCOURSE: 571
CONSOLATION TO THE DISTRESSED
Psalms 40:17. _I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me._
THAT part of the Holy Scriptures which most fully opens the exercises
of the heart is...
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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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_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 ca...
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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 40:1
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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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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REFLECTIONS
My soul! here look at Jesus with a steady fixed eye, until thou goest
forth with all the affections of love, praise, thanksgiving, and every
testimony of obedience, after him, and unto hi...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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17._But I am poor and needy. _In this concluding clause he mingles
prayer with thanksgiving, although it may be that he records a request
which he had made when he was placed in extreme danger. The fi...
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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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BUT I [AM] POOR AND NEEDY,.... As Christ was literally, 2 Corinthians
8:9; and in a spiritual sense, when deserted by his Father, forsaken
by his disciples, and surrounded by his enemies; and had the...
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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.
Ver. 17. _But I am poor and needy_] A stark beggar neither will I hide
fro...
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_I am poor and needy_, &c. “The church, like her Redeemer, is often
poor and afflicted in this world, but Jehovah thinketh upon her, and
is solicitous for her support; she is weak and defenceless, but...
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But I am poor and needy, in misery on account of the load of human
guilt resting upon Him; YET THE LORD, the All-powerful, THINKETH UPON
ME, taking care of Him in His trouble; THOU ART MY HELP AND MY...
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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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VERSE 17. No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 40:17 poor H6041 needy H34 Lord H136 thinks H2803 (H8799) help
H5833 deliverer H6403 (H8764) delay...
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HE ENDS UP BY DEPICTING WHO ARE THE TRULY RIGHTEOUS, TO WHOM HE KNOWS
YHWH WILL PROVIDE HELP, AND WHILE NOT SEEING HIMSELF AS COMPARING WITH
THEM, NEVERTHELESS LOOKS TO GOD FOR HIM ALSO TO HELP HIM (P...
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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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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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_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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_I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me._
GOD THINKS UPON HIS PEOPLE
I. A humble condition. “I am poor and needy.” Now, a man may be
thus--
1. Spiritually--sin has brought them thus low...
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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 ...
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1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 5:7; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Hebrews 13:6; Isaiah 41