Psalms 40:13
11 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
14 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
- KJV
- Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
- WEB
- Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.
- ASV
- Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
- DARBY
- Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
- BLB
- Take pleasure, O YHWH, to deliver me! O YHWH, may You hurry to help me!
- ÅB
- La det behage deg, Herre, å utfri meg!
Herre, skynd deg å hjelpe meg! - OTB
- Vær nådig, Herre, for å utfri meg;
Skynd deg, Herre, for å hjelpe meg. - B1930
- La det behage dig, Herre, å utfri mig! Herre, skynd dig å hjelpe mig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 38:22
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Read in contextPsalms 25:17–18
The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
Read in contextPsalms 70:1–5
Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
Read in contextPsalms 22:19
But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
Read in contextPsalms 71:12
Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
Read in contextMatthew 26:36–44
At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
Read in context