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 told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true. 10I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me! 12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me. 13Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and 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 69:13O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
• Psalms 23:6Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord’s house for the rest of my life.
• Psalms 43:3Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.
• Psalms 57:3May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
• Psalms 61:7May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.
• Psalms 85:10Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss.
• Hebrews 5:7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

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