Bible Commentary

I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 4. I said ] Or, I, even I, have said. This has been and is my prayer. Psa 41:10 seems to imply that the sickness is not yet a thing of the past. be merciful ] Be gracious (Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 41:4”

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 3. The Lord will support him upon the couch of languishing (R.V.), uphold him (Psa 18:35) and preserve him from sinking into the grave. thou wilt make all his bed ] Lit. thou hast turned (or, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 41:3”

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 2, 3. It is possible to render as in P.B.V. and R.V. marg., The Lord perserve him the Lord support him: but it is more natural … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 41:2”

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 1. Blessed ] Or, happy, as in Psa 41:2, and in Psa 1:1. The word is to be distinguished from blessed in the doxology of Psa 41:13, the tribute of human … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 41:1”

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. 17. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:17”

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. 16. Cp. Psa 35:27. The discomfiture of the wicked gives occasion for the righteous to rejoice in God, not merely because they are set free from persecution, but because they see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:16”

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 15. R.V., Let them be desolate (Lam 1:16) by reason of their shame, the defeat of their malicious plans: or, less probably, let them be astonished (Lev 26:32) for a reward of their shame, at the shame which is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:15”

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. 14. The whole verse is a repetition, with variations, of Psa 35:4; Psa 35:26 (cp. Psa 38:12); and v. 5-17 recall v. 21, 25, 27, 10 of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:14”

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. 13. Psa 40:13-17 recur as Psalms 70, with some verbal variations. Be pleased ] An echo of ‘thy good pleasure’ (‘thy will’) in Psa 40:8. The word is omitted in Psalms 70, and in the first line, though not in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:13”

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 12. This verse is somewhat loosely attached to Psa 40:11 by for. The rendering of Psa 40:11 as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 40:12”