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 have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, You know. 10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation. You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. 12For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. 13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; Make haste, O Lord, to help me.

Psalms 40:11 word by word

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

• You, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will not withholdכָּלָאkâlâ' · to restrainH3607
• Your compassionרַחֲמִיםracham · compassionH7356
• lovingkindnessחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• and Your truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571
• will continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• preserveנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341

Cross-references for Psalms 40:11

• Psalms 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth.
• Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
• Psalms 43:3O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places.
• Psalms 57:3He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.
• Psalms 61:7He will abide before God forever; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him.
• Psalms 85:10Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
• Hebrews 5:7In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.

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