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

9In the great meeting of your people, I have told them about your justice. I cannot keep quiet! You know that this is true, Lord. 10I have not hidden the good news about your justice. I have told everyone that they can trust you, and that you have the power to save. I tell the great meeting of your people about your faithful love. You, Lord, will continue to be kind to me. Please continue to keep me safe, because of your faithful love. 12There are many dangerous troubles all around me. They are too many to count! My sins are too strong for me. They are more than all the hairs on my head! So I am weak and I cannot see clearly. 13Lord, please save me! Lord, come quickly to help me!

Psalms 40:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Withholdכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• not thou thy tender merciesרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• from me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• let thy lovingkindnessחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• and thy truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
• continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• preserveנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341

Cross-references for Psalms 40:11

• Psalms 69:13But as for me, Lord, I continue to pray to you. Please answer me at the right time. Be kind to me, God, because of your faithful love. Save me, as you have promised to do.
• Psalms 23:6I am sure that you will always be good to me. You will love me all the days of my life. That will never change. I will live in the Lord's house for as long as I live.
• Psalms 43:3Send to me your light and your truth. Let them be my guide. They will take me back to your holy mountain and to the house where you live.
• Psalms 57:3He will send help from heaven and he will save me. He will punish the people who attack me. Selah. God will show me his faithful love, and he will do what he has promised.
• Psalms 61:7Let him rule for ever with your authority. Cause your faithful love and your truth to keep him safe.
• Psalms 85:10God will be faithful to us and he will love us with his faithful love. His justice and his peace will join together, like dear friends.
• Hebrews 5:7When Jesus Christ lived on earth as a man, he often prayed to God. He asked God to help him. He prayed strongly and he cried loudly with many tears. He knew that God could save him from death. And God listened to Jesus when he prayed, because Jesus served God.

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

In the dictionaries

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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