Psalms 40:11

Psalms 40:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

Context of Psalms 40:11

9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know. 10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly. O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. 12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me. 13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

Psalms 40:11 word by word

אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה לֹא־תִכְלָ֣א רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥ וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ תָּמִ֥יד יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃Read the interlinear

• ·אַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• O LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• do notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• withholdכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• Your mercyרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• from meמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Your loving devotionחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• and faithfulnessאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
• will alwaysתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• guard meנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341

Cross-references for Psalms 40:11

• Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
• Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
• Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.
• Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
• Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
• Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
• Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

Commentaries on Psalms 40:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thy tender mercies - רחמיך rachameycha, such propensities and feelings as a mother bears to her child; or animals in general to their young. Let thy loving-kindness - חסדך chasdecha, thy overflowing and superabundant mercy. And thy truth - What is revealed in thy word: continually preserve me. Mercy to help me, truth to direct me; and, by the operation of both, I shall be continually preserved from sin and evil.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord - Do not restrain or hold back thy compassions. Let thy mercies - the expressions of thy love - flow out freely toward me in connection with what I have done. As applicable to the Redeemer, this is a prayer that God would bestow upon him in connection with his work, and as a reward of his work, appropriate proofs of his goodness. And especially is this to be understood here as a prayer for support and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 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 all his reflections upon each step of his life, he discovered something amiss. The sight and sense of our sins in their own colours, must distract us, if we have not at the same time some sight of a Saviour. If Christ has triumphed over our spiritual…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The psalmist prays that the Lord will be true to his character when answering this plea for mercy.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. may be rendered as an assertion, that God will not withhold (Psa 16:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 40:11

• Conscience
• Sin

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Commentaries on Psalms 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings