Psalms 40:13

Psalms 40:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
• New International Version (NIV)Be pleased to save me, Lord; come quickly, Lord, to help me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me!

Context of Psalms 40:13

11Do not withhold your compassion from me, O Lord. May your mercy and your truth always protect me. 12Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart. O Lord, please rescue me! Come quickly to help me, O Lord! 14Let all those who seek to end my life be confused and put to shame. Let those who want my downfall be turned back and disgraced. 15Let those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be stunned by their own shame.

Psalms 40:13 word by word

רְצֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָׁה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Be pleasedרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• make hasteחוּשׁchûsh · to hastenH2363
• to helpעֶזְרָה‛ezrâh ‛ezrâth · helpH5833

Cross-references for Psalms 40:13

• Psalms 25:17Relieve my troubled heart, and bring me out of my distress.
• Matthew 26:36Then Jesus went with the disciples to a place called Gethsemane. He said to them, “Stay here while I go over there and pray.”
• Psalms 38:22Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.
• Psalms 70:1Come quickly to rescue me, O God! Come quickly to help me, O Lord!

Commentaries on Psalms 40:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me - That is, in these troubles and sorrows. See Matthew 26:39. The prayer is that, if possible, the cup of sorrow might be taken away. O Lord, make haste to help me - This is the same form of prayer, and referring, I suppose, to the same occasion as that which occurs in Psalm 22:19. See the notes at that verse.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. 12-17The psalmist is troubled by both his adversities and his own sins and prays for rescue. This passage is almost the same as Psalm 70.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Compare Psa 22:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 40:13

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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