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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
Many, O Lord my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done,.... This is the "new song", as Aben Ezra rightly observes, which is said in Psalms 40:3, to be put in the mouth of the Messiah; who sometimes speaks in the plural number, being the representative of his people, and sometimes in the singular; for it is the same person that speaks here who is continued speaking in Psalms 40:6,...
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
Many O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. We are not dealing with a God who never deals with us. Faith in God is no fiction. We have already had from God the most wonderful displays of power. We have been the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, “Thy works in creation, in providence, and in redemption,” — Psa_40:5. And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: God is always thinking of his people, and his thoughts are wise, and kind, and practical, for, when he thinks of doing anything for us, he speedily performs it. Psa_40:5. They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. The child of God, reviewing the Lord’s great goodness, feels that he can never count the mercies of God to him; and, as to telling them out, that can never be, It will be,...