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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 40:3

Verse Psalms 40:3. A new song] Cheerfulness and joy had long been strangers to him. He seemed to live to utter the most doleful complaints, and be a prey to suffering and wretchedness. Praise for a sense of God's favour was a new song to him. The word is often used to signify excellence: I will sing a most excellent and eminent song.

Many shall see it] I will publish it abroad; and fear-to sin against the Lord, knowing by my example what a grievous and bitter thing it is.

And shall trust in the Lord.] Even the worst of sinners shall not despair of mercy, being penitent, when they see that I have found favour in his sight.

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See also Psalms 40:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND HE HATH PUT A NEW SONG IN MY MOUTH - See the notes at Psalms 33:3. The idea is, that he had given a new or fresh “occasion” for praise. The deliverance was so marked, and was such an addition to f...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    A NEW SONG. See note on Psalms 33:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. I SEE... AND FEAR. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ App-6. Hebrew. _yir'u_... v"yira'u. peer and fear. TRUST. confide Hebrew. _bata...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The reward of patient waiting upon God....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Such deliverance is a fresh theme of praise. Cp. Psalms 33:3. The plural pronoun, - _our God_," implies that others were interested in the Psalmist and his fortunes. _many shall see_it] Omit _it_, whi...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 569 DAVID’S SUCCESS IN PRAYER AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO US Psalms 40:1. I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • 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

    A NEW SONG] a song of praise for new mercies: see on Psalms 33:3....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NEW SONG. — See Psalms 33:3. It seems natural to suppose that this new song is incorporated here; that we have at least the substance of it, if not the words. Possibly the very words are taken up in P...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 40:4]_ וַ יִּתֵּ֬ן בְּ פִ֨י ׀ שִׁ֥יר...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A JOYOUS TESTIMONY Psalms 40:1 This psalm follows appropriately on the two former, in which the psalmist had been detailing his sufferings. Here he celebrates deliverance. But a Greater than David is...

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

    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,...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he hath put (c) a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. (c) That is, a special opportunity to praise him, for God's benefit...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Understandeth. Believing with eagerness, (Haydock) or reflecting seriously on Jesus Christ, (Berthier) who was pleased to be poor for our sakes. (Haydock) --- And the poor, is not in the ancient Septu...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Was not this the case both with Christ and his church, when Jehovah raised the body of Christ from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and p...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    3._And he hath put into my mouth a new song _In the first clause of the verse he concludes the description of what God had done for him. By God’s putting _a new song into his mouth _he denotes the con...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE HATH PUT A NEW SONG IN MY MOUTH, [EVEN] PRAISE TO OUR GOD,.... Sung by him in the midst of the great congregation of angels and saints, upon his resurrection, ascension, and session at the righ...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 3. _And he hath put a new song in my mouth_] _i.e._ New matter, wh...

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

    _He hath put a new song into my mouth_ Both by giving me new matter for a song, and by inspiring me with the very words of it. _Many shall see it_ Shall observe God's wonderful mercies vouchsafed to m...

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And He hath put a new song in My mouth, a special psalm of thanksgiving intended particularly for this occasion, EVEN PRAISE UNTO OUR GOD, for this wonderful exhibition of His mercy; MANY SHALL SEE IT...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 Doubts and fears about the eternal state, are a horrible pit and miry clay, and have been so to many a dear child of God. There is power enough in God to help the weakest, and grace enough to hel...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE HATH PUT A NEW SONG IN MY MOUTH; partly by giving me new matter or occasion for a song; and partly by inspiring me with the very words of it. SHALL SEE IT, i.e. shall observe God's wonderful mercie...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 40:3 put H5414 (H8799) new H2319 song H7892 Praise H8416 God H430 Many H7227 see H7200 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID REJOICES IN HIS PAST DELIVERANCE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT IT WILL CAUSE MANY TO TRUST IN YHWH (PSALMS 40:1). Psalms 40:1 ‘I waited in patient waiting for YHWH, And he inclined to me, and hear...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 40:3 I. Consider the "new songs" already put into the mouths of Christians. (1) Coming to Christ and conversion to God are materials for a "new song." (2) Few leave the Lord's Table after their...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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;...

  • 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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _And He hath put a new song in my mouth._ THE NEW SONG ON EARTH I. We have here A man wondering to find himself singing. God had put a new song into his mouth, and it was a marvel even to himself. Wh...

  • 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

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    Acts 2:31; Acts 4:4; Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 12:1; Psalms 142:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    And fear — Shall stand in awe of that God, whom they see to have so great power, either to save or to destroy....

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