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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be pleased
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, to deliver
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
me: O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, make haste
chuwsh (Hebrew #2363)
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n), ready.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: a primitive root
to help
`ezrah (Hebrew #5833)
108:12 (13) {ez-rawth'}; feminine of 5828; aid
KJV usage: help(-ed, -er).
Pronounce: ez-raw'
Origin: or mezrath (Psa. 60:11 (13)
me.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Be.
Psa. 25:17‑18• 17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
 18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. (Psa. 25:17‑18)
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Matt. 26:36‑44• 36Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
 37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
 38Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
 39And 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.
 40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
 41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
 42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
 43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
 44And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. (Matt. 26:36‑44)
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Psa. 38:22• 22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. (Psa. 38:22)
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Psa. 70:1‑5• 1<<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.
 2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
 3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
 4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
 5But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. (Psa. 70:1‑5)
• He would have no other deliverance but His. His heart was wholly right—would not have a deliverance which was not the Lord's. This is a very important point as to the state of the heart. It would not have another than the Lord's. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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aBe pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.

JND Translation Notes

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With vers. 13-17 compare Ps. 70.