Psalms 40:17
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Psalms 40:17. But I am poor and needy;
A double expression for a poverty that is doubly felt; - perhaps, poor in temporals; certainly poor in spirituals; poor, and full of needs, yet with nothing to supply those needs: "I am poor and needy;"
Psalms 40:17. Yet -
That is a blessed "yet" -
Psalms 40:17. The Lord thinketh upon me:
That is enough for me; if he thinks upon me, his thoughts are so kind, and generous, and wise, and practical that he will help me.
Psalms 40:17. Thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.