Psalms 40:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

Psalms 40:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Isaiah 41:17
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-17)

The psalmist, having meditated upon the work of redemption, and spoken of it in the person of the Messiah, now comes to make improvement of the doctrine of his mediation between us and God, and therefore speaks in his own person. Christ having done his Father’s will, and finished his work, and given orders for the preaching of the gospel to every creature, we are encouraged to come boldly to the t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. A summary of his condition and hopes. thinketh upon--or provides for me. “He was heard,” “when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, unto Him that was able to save him from death” [He 5:7].