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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 40 To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. Jarchi interprets this psalm of the Israelites, and of their deliverance and song at the Red sea. The title of it, in the Syriac version, is, "A psalm of David according to the letter, when Shemaiah brought the names of those who minister in the house of the Lord;'' see 1 Chronicles 24:6; according to Kimchi, the subject of this...
John Gill
Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust,.... For such are safe and secure in him, are possessed of all blessings of grace through him, have peace in their own souls now, and shall enjoy eternal happiness with him hereafter; and respecteth not the proud; such as the Pharisees, and all self-righteous persons, who trust in themselves and their own righteousness, submit not to the...
Matthew Henry
It should seem David penned this psalm upon occasion of his deliverance, by the power and goodness of God, from some great and pressing trouble, by which he was in danger of being overwhelmed; probably it was some trouble of mind arising from a sense of sin and of God's displeasure against him for it; whatever it was, the same Spirit that indited his praises for that deliverance was in him, at...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. Jesus knew the blessedness of faith. Remember how Paul quotes it, “I will put my trust in him,” as the language of the Redeemer himself. As man he had his fears; as man there was wrought in him a wondrous faith in God. Oh that you and I might have the same trust, and have no respect...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. You know that this Book of Psalms has many benedictions in it. It begins with a blessing upon “the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. If you trust in God, you will have no reverence for the proud, nor for those who turn aside from God’s Word, and teach falsehood. If you really fear God, you will have no fear of men.