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Psalm 40:17 KJV
Psalms · chapter 40 · verse 17
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.Psalm 40:17 · King James Version
Psalm 40:17 in context
15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- delivererpâlaṭto slip outH6403 →
- thinkethchâshabproperly, to plait or interpenetrateH2803 →
- tarryingʼâcharto loiterH309 →
- needyʼebyôwndestituteH34 →
- poorʻânîydepressed, in mind or circumstancesH6041 →
- LordʼĂdônâythe LordH136 →
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The psalmist, having meditated upon the work of redemption, and spoken of it in the person of the Messiah, now comes to make improvement of the doctrine of his mediation between us and God, and therefore speaks in his own person.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-17