Psalms 40 · Verse 13

Psalms 40:13

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
Psalms 40:13, King James Version

Psalms 40:13 in other translations

BSBBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
WEBBe pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.
ASVBe pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
YLTBe pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste.
DARBYBe pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
BBEBe pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.
WebsterBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

What does Psalms 40:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. (Compare Psa 22:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 40:11-17

The best saints see themselves undone, unless continually preserved by the grace of God. But see the frightful view the psalmist had of sin. This made the discovery of a Redeemer so welcome. In all his reflections upon each step of his life, he discovered something amiss. The sight and sense of our sins in their own colours, must distract us, if we have not at the same time some sight of a Saviour. If Christ has…

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Psalms 40:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

רְצֵ֣הre.Tzehbe pleasedH7521
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִיle.ha.tzi.Le.nito deliver meH5337
יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
לְעֶזְרָ֥תִיle.'ez.Ra.tito help myH5833
חֽוּשָׁה\׃Chu.shahmake haste !H2363

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 40:13

  • Psalms 38:22

    Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

  • Psalms 25:17-18

    The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  • Psalms 70:1-5

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. …

  • Psalms 22:19

    But be not thou far from me, O Lord: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

  • Psalms 71:12

    O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.

  • Matthew 26:36-44

    Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Be.
25:17,18; Mt 26:36-44
make.
38:22; 70:1-5

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Context

  • Psalms 40:12

    For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

  • Psalms 40:13

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

  • Psalms 40:14

    Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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Psalms 40:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Quieras, oh Jehová, librarme; Jehová, apresúrate á socorrerme.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car des maux sans nombre m’ont entouré; mes iniquités m’ont atteint, et je ne puis les regarder; elles sont plus nombreuses que les cheveux de ma tête, et mon cœur m’a abandonné.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Laß dir gefallen, Jehova, mich zu erretten! Jehova, eile zu meiner Hülfe!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Me autem propter innocentiam suscepisti; et confirmasti me in conspectu tuo in æternum.