Salmos 40:1

La Biblia de las Americas

Para el director del coro. Salmo de David.

Al Señor esperé pacientemente, y El se inclinó a mí y oyó mi clamor.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Al M�sico principal: Salmo de David. RESIGNADAMENTE esper� � Jehov�, E inclin�se � m�, y oy� mi clamor.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
�Al M�sico principal: Salmo de David� Pacientemente esper� en Jehov�, y �l se inclin� a m�, y oy� mi clamor.

Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Al Vencedor: Salmo de David. Pacientemente esper� al SE�OR, y se inclin� a m�, y oy� mi clamor.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2970, bc 1034 - Title This psalm is supposed to have been composed by David about the same time, and on the same occasion, as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for have obtained the mercy which he sought there. It also contains a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

I waited: Heb. In waiting I waited, Psalms 27:13, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 37:7, James 5:7-11

inclined: Psalms 116:2, Psalms 130:2, Daniel 9:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:10 - stayed Genesis 19:19 - and thou Genesis 49:18 - General 1 Samuel 30:6 - David Job 14:14 - all the days Job 33:30 - To bring Job 36:16 - a broad Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 6:9 - hath heard Psalms 18:16 - drew Psalms 25:3 - wait Psalms 30:3 - brought Psalms 52:9 - wait Psalms 62:1 - my soul Psalms 69:14 - Deliver Psalms 69:30 - I will Psalms 71:20 - which Psalms 86:17 - thou Psalms 116:1 - because Psalms 118:5 - called Psalms 123:2 - so our eyes Psalms 130:5 - I wait Song of Solomon 2:12 - time Isaiah 8:17 - I will Isaiah 30:18 - blessed Isaiah 40:31 - they that Isaiah 50:10 - let Lamentations 3:25 - good Lamentations 3:55 - General Micah 7:7 - wait Matthew 5:4 - General Luke 21:19 - General Luke 22:44 - being John 16:20 - your Acts 7:10 - delivered Acts 9:11 - for Romans 12:12 - patient 2 Thessalonians 3:5 - and into Hebrews 5:7 - and Hebrews 10:36 - ye have James 1:4 - let James 5:8 - ye also

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I waited patiently for the Lord,.... Or "waiting I waited" i; which denotes continuance, constancy, and patience; and which Christ exercised in the garden, when he submitted himself entirely to the will of God; and on the cross, when he continued in sure hope and firm expectation of his help and assistance, though he was for a while forsaken by him; see Isaiah 50:7;

and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry; both in the garden, by delivering him from fear of death; and on the cross, by upholding, helping, and assisting him, by carrying him through his sufferings and death, and raising him from the dead; see Isaiah 49:8.

i קוה קויתי "expectando expectavi", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus Musculus, Rivetus, Gejerus, Michaelis; so Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I waited patiently for the Lord - Margin, as in Hebrew, “In waiting I waited.” That is, “I continued to wait.” It was not a single, momentary act of expectation or hope; it was continuous; or, was persevered in. The idea is, that his prayer was not answered at once, but that it was answered after he had made repeated prayers, or when it seemed as if his prayers would not be answered. It is earnest, persevering prayer that is referred to; it is continued supplication and hope when there seemed to be no answer to prayer, and no prospect that it would be answered.

And he inclined unto me - That is, ultimately he heard and answered me; or he turned himself favorably toward me, as the result of “persevering” prayer. The word “inclined” here means properly “bowed;” that is, he “bent forward” to hearken, or to place his ear near my mouth and to hear me. At first, he seemed as one that would not hear; as one that throws his head backward or turns his head away. Ultimately, however, he bent forward to receive my prayer.

And heard my cry - The cry or supplication which I made for help; the cry which I directed to him in the depth of my sorrows and my danger, Psalms 40:2. As applied to the Redeemer, this would refer to the fact that in his sorrows, in the deep sorrows connected with the work of redemption, he persevered in calling on God, and that God heard him, and raised him up to glory and joy. See Matthew 26:36-46. Compare the notes at Hebrews 5:7. The time supposed to be referred to, is after his sufferings were closed; after his work was done; “after” he rose from the dead. It is the language of grateful remembrance which we may suppose he uttered in the review of the amazing sorrows through which he had passed in making the atonement, and in the recollection that God had kept him in those sorrows, and had brought him up from such a depth of woe to such a height of glory.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM XL

The benefit of confidence in God, 1-3.

The blessedness of those who trust in God, 4, 5.

The termination of the Jewish sacrifices in that of Christ, 6-8.

The psalmist's resolution to publish God's goodness, 9, 10:

he prays to be delivered from evils, 11-13;

against his enemies, 14, 15;

and in behalf of those who are destitute, 16, 17.

NOTES ON PSALM XL

The TITLE, "To the chief Musician," we have already seen, and it contains nothing worthy of particular remark. Concerning the occasion and author of this Psalm there has been a strange and numerous diversity of opinions. I shall not trouble the reader with sentiments which I believe to be ill founded; as I am satisfied the Psalm was composed by David; and about the same time and on the same occasion as the two preceding; with this difference, that here he magnifies God for having bestowed the mercy which he sought there. It is, therefore, a thanksgiving for his recovery from the sore disease by which he was afflicted in his body, and for his restoration to the Divine favour. The sixth, seventh, and eighth verses contain a remarkable prophecy of the incarnation and sacrificial offering of Jesus Christ. From the eleventh to the end contains a new subject and appears to have belonged to another Psalm. It is the same as the seventieth Psalm; only it wants the two first verses.

Verse Psalms 40:1. I waited patiently for the Lord — The two preceding Psalms are proofs of the patience and resignation with which David waited for the mercy of God. The reader is requested to consult the notes on them.

And heard my cry. — The two preceding Psalms show how he prayed and waited; this shows how he succeeded.