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Psalms 40:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

Psalms 40:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 40:13

Theological / Devotional

Be pleased. With vs. 13–17 compare Ps. 70 (see comments there). The expression “be pleased” is from the Heb. rasah, the root of the word translated “will” (literally, “that which is pleasing”) in v. 8.

Make haste. See Ps. 22:19 ; 38:22.

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