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Psalms 40:2 — King James Version← Study notes

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.


Psalms 40:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:27 words
HebrewMeaning
קַוֺּ֣הqawōh
certainlyverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
קִוִּ֣יתִיqiwiytiy
I waited forverbH6960
look · patiently · tarry · wait (for ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/יֵּ֥טwayēṭ
and he stretched outconjH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אֵ֝לַ֗/יʾēlay
to mepronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥עwayišəmaʿ
and he heardconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
שַׁוְעָתִֽ/יšawəʿātiy
cry for help mynounH7775
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 40:2

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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