desolate: Psalms 69:24-25, Psalms 70:3, Psalms 73:19, Psalms 109:6-20; Luke 19:43-44, Luke 21:23-24
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Psalms 40:15
Psalms 40:15
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Psalms 40 — OverviewPsalms 40 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt should seem David penned this psalm upon occasion of his
deliverance, by the power and goodness of God, from some great and
pressing trouble, by which he was in danger of being overwhelmed;
probably it was…Psalms 40 — OverviewPsalms 40 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 40:1, The benefit of confidence in God; Psalms 40:6, Obedience is the best sacrifice; Psalms 40:11, The sense of David’s evils inflames his prayer.Psalms 40 — OverviewPsalms 40 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleTo the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Jarchi interprets this psalm of the Israelites, and of their deliverance and song at the Red sea. The title of it, in the Syriac version, is,"A psalm of David according to the…Psalms 40:1-17Psalms 40:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
THE occasion of this psalm is some great deliverance which has been vouchsafed to the author of it, for which he desires to praise and thank God. Of this deliverance he speaks in Psalms 40:1-3, which form a…Psalms 40:1-17Psalms 40:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryGrace and gratitude.
"Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord, look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged." So said the prophet (Isaiah…Psalms 40:11-17Psalms 40:11-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe psalmist, having meditated upon the work of redemption, and spoken
of it in the person of the Messiah, now comes to make improvement of
the doctrine of his mediation between us and God, and therefore speaks…
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