Psa 40:1, Isa 8:17, 26:8, Rom 8:25 | TSK | STEP | The benefit of confidence in God. Obedience is the best sacrifice. The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer. A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.)This psalm is supposed to have been composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion, as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there. It also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I waited. Heb. In waiting I waited. inclined.

Psalms 40:1

1 The benefit of confidence in God.

6 Obedience is the best sacrifice.

11 The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer.

A.M. 2970. B.C. 1034. (Title.)This psalm is supposed to have been composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion, as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there. It also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

I waited. Heb. In waiting I waited.

27:13,14; 37:7; Jas 5:7-11

inclined.

116:2; 130:2; Da 9:18