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Psalms 40:11

Mercy and compassionPrayerProtection and safety

9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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.

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

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BSB
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
KJV
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
WEB
Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, LORD. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
ASV
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
DARBY
Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
BLB
You, O YHWH, do not withhold Your mercies from me; may Your loving devotion and Your truth continually guard me.
ÅB
Du, Herre, vil ikke holde barmhjertigheten din tilbake fra meg;
godheten din og sannheten din skal alltid vokte meg.
OTB
Du, Herre, vil ikke holde tilbake din medfølelse fra meg;
Din miskunnhet og din sannhet vil stadig beskytte meg.
B1930
Du, Herre, vil ikke lukke din barmhjertighet for mig; din miskunnhet og din sannhet vil alltid vokte mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 23:6

    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

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  • Psalms 57:3

    He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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  • Proverbs 20:28

    Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

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  • Psalms 69:16

    Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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  • Psalms 61:7

    He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

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  • Psalms 69:13

    But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

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  • Psalms 85:10

    Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

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