Psalms 40:1

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64. TITLE.. PSALM. Hebrew. _Mizmor._ App-65. OF DAVID. by David, and relating to the true David. I WAITED PATIENTLY. Hebrew in waiting. waited. Figure of speech _Polyptoton,_ App-6. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. INCLINED. hath inclined. HEARD. hath heard.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:3

A NEW SONG. See note on Psalms 33:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. I SEE... AND FEAR. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ App-6. Hebrew. _yir'u_... v"yira'u. peer and fear. TRUST. confide Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:5

HAST DONE. didst. THOUGHTS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. IF. WOULD. Fain would I. NUMBERED: or rehearsed.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:6

SACRIFICE. Hebrew. _zabach._ App-43. Quoted in Hebrews 10:5. OFFERING. Hebrew. _minchah._ App-43. Compare Hebrews 10:5. Note the four great offerings here, and separately: Psalms 40:6. any sacrifice; -6-, the meal offering; -6-, burnt offering; -6, sin offering (compare Psalms 22); and inPs. 69 =th... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:7

THEN SAID I: i.e. at Incarnation, when He "came into the world" (Hebrews 10:5). VOLUME OF THE BOOK. scroll, that is to say, the book. Genitive of Apposition, and Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6). the book of the law (App-47). IT IS WRITTEN. it is prescribed. Compare 2 Kings 22:13. OF ME. for m... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:8

DELIGHT. Note the double delight (Isaiah 42:1.Matthew 3:17; Matthew 3:17). WILL. good pleasure. WITHIN. in the midst. HEART. bowels: i.e. my inward parts.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:12

EVILS. calamities. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. INIQUITIES. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for their punishment. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. Laid on Him as the substituted sacrifice. AM NOT ABLE. was not able. ARE MORE. were more. HEART. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adj... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:16

LET. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "And let". Compare Psalms 35:27; Psalms 70:4.... [ Continue Reading ]

Psalms 40:17

POOR. afflicted. Hebrew. _'anah._ THE LORD *. The primitive text read "Jehovah", but altered by the _Sopherim_ to "Adonai". See App-32. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, read "may Jehovah". THINKETH. will think. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for all that the... [ Continue Reading ]

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