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Psalms 40:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 40:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:1317 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָפְפ֥וּʾāpəpw
they have surroundedverbH661
עָלַ֨/יʿālay
mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָע֡וֹתrāʿwōt
troublesnounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אֵ֬יןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
מִסְפָּ֗רmisəpār
was numbernounH4557
abundance · all · few · finite ···
הִשִּׂיג֣וּ/נִיhiśiygwniy
they have overtaken meverbH5381
be able · attain · (be able to · can) get ···
עֲ֭וֺנֹתַ/יʿăwōnōtay
iniquities mynounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָכֹ֣לְתִּיyākōlətiy
I am ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לִ/רְא֑וֹתlirəʾwōt
to seepronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
עָצְמ֥וּʿāṣəmw
they are numerousverbH6105
close · be great · be increased · be mighty ···
מִ/שַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹתmiśaʿărwōt
more than the hairs ofpronH8185
רֹ֝אשִׁ֗/יrōʾšiy
head mynounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וְ/לִבִּ֥/יwəlibiy
and heart myconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עֲזָבָֽ/נִיʿăzābāniy
it has abandoned meverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 40:13

1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will be accomplished hereafter. All of them, however, will be fulfilled, because He is “the Truth” who speaks them, and requires of us to be as “faithful,” as He Himself speaks them faithfully.... 2. Let us say then what this Psalm says. “I waited patiently for the Lord” Psalm 39:1. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 40 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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