Psalms 40
Treated in 29 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 40:2 He drew me up from the roaring pit, out of the clinging mud; he planted my feet on a rock and steadied my steps. 6
- 40:8 My God, I love to do what you want; your instruction is deep inside me." 6
- 40:3 He gave me a new song to sing, a hymn for our God. Many people will look on and be filled with awe, and they will put their trust in the LORD. 5
- 40:7 Then I said, "Here I come! What I must do is written down for me in the scroll of the book. 4
- 40:1 I waited and kept on waiting for the LORD, and he bent down toward me and listened to my cry for help. 3
- 40:12 Troubles too many to count have closed in around me; my sins have caught up with me, and I cannot see. They outnumber the hairs on my head, and my courage has left me. 3
- 40:6 You took no pleasure in sacrifice and offering, but you opened my ears; you did not ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings. 2
- 40:10 Your justice I did not keep shut up in my heart; I talked of how faithful you are and how you rescue. Your loyal love and your truth I did not hide from the great assembly. 2
- 40:5 LORD my God, you have done so many things, your wonders and your plans for us; no one can compare with you! If I tried to tell them all and speak of them, there would be more than I could count. 1
- 40:17 As for me, I am poor and in need; may the Lord keep me in mind. You are the one who helps me and sets me free; my God, do not be slow! 1
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Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Ps. xl. 12
…makes a man weak, sick, and ready to die, Ps. xxxviii. 3–5, so that he cannot look up, Ps. xl. 12, Isa. xxxiii. 24; and when poor creatures will take blow after blow, wound after wound…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The usefulness of mortification to the vigour of our spiritual lives cites Ps. xl. 12
…xxxviii. 3; “I am feeble and sore broken,” verse 8; “yea, I cannot so much as look up,” Ps. xl. 12. An unmortified lust will drink up the spirit, and all the vigour of the soul, and weaken…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
The New Song cites PSALM 40:3
…even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. PSALM 40:3 The word that came to her The first thing she did was reach for the Bible. She wanted to…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The mortification of sin in particular described cites Ps. xl. 12
…David complains that his sin had “taken fast hold upon him, that he could not look up,” Ps. xl. 12. How little, then, was he able to fight against it! Now, sundry things are required unto…
- A Short and Easy Method of Prayer ·
Interior and Exterior Actions cites Ps. xl. 1
…as David did: “I waited patiently for the Lord,” he says, “and He inclined unto me” (Ps. xl. 1).
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Psalm 40:2
…Help: Then, said he, Give me thine hand: so he gave him his hand, and he drew him out, Psalm 40:2, and he set him upon sound ground, and bid him go on his way. Then I stepped to him that…
- Communion with God ·
Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Ps. xl. 7
…always expresseth the greatest willingness to undergo the hard task required thereunto, Ps. xl. 7, 8; Heb. x. 7; yea, he was pained as a woman in travail, until he had accomplished it…
- Till He Come ·
Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Psalm xl. 7
…in the volume of the book it is written of Me, I delight to do Thy will, O my God.” (Psalm xl. 7, 8.) When He came into the world to sacrifice His life for us, it was a freewill…
- The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer ·
The Last Key cites PSALM 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. PSALM 40:8 A London boyhood. Frederick Brotherton Meyer was born in Clapham, then on the edge of…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ps. xl. 8
…him who was to be a sacrifice, — the law of this obedience being written in his heart, Ps. xl. 8; that is, he had a readiness, willingness, desire for its performance. Now, the end of…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Ps. xl. 7
…this purpose. The terms of this covenant are at large insisted on, Isa. liii., summed up, Ps. xl. 7, 8; Heb. x. 8–10. Hence the Father became to be his God; which is a covenant expression…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 40: 3
…have been ever of old.’ Psa 25: 6. New mercies: ‘He has put a new song in my mouth.’ Psa 40: 3. Every time we draw our breath we suck in mercy. God has mercies under heaven, and those…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Slough of Despond cites PSALM 40:2
…pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. PSALM 40:2 Christian and Pliable have not gone far when, talking of crowns and glory and heedless of…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 17 — Use to Be Made of the Doctrine of Providence cites Ps. 40:5
…to us-ward: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered,” (Ps. 40:5). For while our adversities ought always to remind us of our sins, that the punishment…
- The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer ·
Willing to Be Made Willing cites PSALM 40:8
…not go out free. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. PSALM 40:8 He drew a paradox from it that he had proved for himself. In Our Daily Walk he recalls…
- The Pilgrim’s Progress (For Teens) ·
The Slough of Despond cites Psalm 40:2
…destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.” — Psalm 40:2 (ESV) Christian and Pliable are marching along, talking about the glorious things waiting…
- Godliness ·
Love and Loneliness cites Psalm 40:10
…not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.” Psalm 40:10 When people truly receive this love, they naturally want to share it. It overflows. It…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Things That Cannot Be Shaken cites Psalm 40:2
…who brings us out of the mud and “set[s] my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure” (Psalm 40:2), even though the paths he calls us to walk may seem narrow and hard. The prophet…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
Spiritual Gleaning cites Psalm 40:8
…He gives such joy in serving him that they can say, “We delight to do your will, O Lord” (Psalm 40:8). Heaven is serving God day and night, and we get a taste of that by serving him…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
The Joy of Obedience cites Psalms 40:8
…meant when He said, “ I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”( Psalms 40:8 ) And do you think the joy in this will be all on your side? Has the Lord no joy in those…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 16 — How Christ Performed the Office of Redeemer in Procuring Our Salvation cites Ps. 40:7
…come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God,” (Heb. 10:5; Ps. 40:7, 8). Thus, as trembling consciences find no rest without sacrifice and ablution by which…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Ps. 40:10
…mercies from me, O Lord: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me,” (Ps. 40:10, 11). “Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the…
- Our Daily Walk ·
January cites Ps 40:8
…4:34 cp Jn 17:4); “I seek not My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me” (cp Jn 6:38, Ps 40:8); “Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” (Mt 26:39, Lk 22:42) But in the Fall…
- Freedom of the Will ·
Section II. The Acts of the Will of the Human Soul of Jesus Christ, Necessarily Holy, Yet Truly Virtuous, Praise-worthy, Rewardable, &c cites Ps. xl. 6 – 8
…with the Father from the beginning, before he took the human nature: as may be seen in Ps. xl. 6 – 8. (compared with the apostle’s interpretation, Heb. x. 5 – 9.) “Sacrifice and offering…
- The Way Into the Holiest ·
An Ancient Hebrew Custom cites Psalm xl. 6
…he shall serve him forever" (Exod. xxi. 6). This custom was- ALLUDED TO BY THE PSALMIST (Psalm xl. 6). Living amid the routine of daily, monthly, and yearly sacrifices, this saint felt…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites Psa. xl. 17
…is the Lord's." (Lev. iii. 16.) "I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me." (Psa. xl. 17.) "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart."…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Ps. 40:3
…loving-kindness of the Lord, elegantly declares, “He hath put a new song in my mouth,” (Ps. 40:3); intimating, that our silence is malignant when we leave his blessings unpraised, seeing…
- Waiting on God ·
Introduction cites Ps. 40:1-3
…37:34. . . 63 13. For More than we Know.—Ps. 39:7, 8. . . 67 14. The Way to the New Song.—Ps. 40:1-3. . . 71 15. For His Counsel.—Ps. 106:13. . . 75 16. And His Light in the Heart.—Ps.…
- Waiting on God ·
The Way to the New Song cites Ps. 40: 1-3
…heard my cry. . . . And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God.'—Ps. 40: 1-3. COME and listen to the testimony of one who can speak from experience of the sure and…