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Psalm 40 (41) Brenton's English Septuagint

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  • OT: Septuagint (Greek)
  • Septuagint Old Testament (no New Testament)
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  • 1844
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 41 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (3)

1 For the end, a Psalm of David. 2 Blessed [is the man] who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. 3 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 4 May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness. 5 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 6 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish? 7 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner. 8 All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt. 9 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again? 10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me. 11 But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them. 12 By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me. 13 But thou didst help me because of [mine] innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever. 14 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.

Cross references (14)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in Brenton.

  1. 1 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
  2. 2 Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 14:21; 2 Corinthians 9:8–14; Acts 20:35; Matthew 25:34–39
  3. 3 Jeremiah 45:4–5; Psalm 27:12; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalm 37:32–33; Psalm 33:19
  4. 4 2 Kings 20:5–6; Philippians 2:26–27; Psalm 73:26; 2 Corinthians 4:16–17; 2 Kings 1:16
  5. 5 Psalm 103:3; James 5:15–16; Hosea 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:18–20; Psalm 147:3
  6. 6 Psalm 102:8; Proverbs 10:7; Psalm 38:12; Job 20:7; Job 18:17
  7. 7 Psalm 12:2; Luke 11:53–54; Proverbs 26:24–26; Luke 20:20–23; Daniel 11:27
  8. 8 Proverbs 16:28; Matthew 26:3–4; Psalm 56:5–6; Matthew 22:15; Romans 1:29
  9. 9 Psalm 71:11; Luke 13:16; Matthew 27:41–46; Matthew 27:63–64; Psalm 3:2
  10. 10 John 13:18; Psalm 55:12–14; Matthew 26:23; Psalm 55:20–22; John 13:26–27
  11. 11 Luke 19:27
  12. 12 Colossians 2:15; Psalm 124:6; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 147:11; Jeremiah 20:13
  13. 13 Job 36:7; Psalm 73:23–24; Psalm 37:17; Psalm 34:15; John 17:24
  14. 14 Psalm 72:18–19; Ephesians 1:3; Revelation 5:9–14; Revelation 4:8; Psalm 89:52

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 41.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV)

    For good it is to confess unto Thee, and to say, "Be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee;" and not to abuse Thy goodness for a license to sin, but to remember the words of the Lord, "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." All of …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 41:9 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    He who did eat of His bread, was lifting up his heel against Him; his hands were but lately receiving the blessed gifts, and presently for the wages of betrayal he was plotting His death.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  3. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV, Chapters VIII–XII)

    … departed thither, whence He never departed, because "the world was made by Him." And in this world He was, and into this world He came to save sinners, unto whom my soul doth confess, that He may heal it, for it hath sinned against Him. O ye sons of men, how long so slow of heart?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 41:4 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V, Chapters IX–X)

    … I know not what other nature sinned in us." And it gratified my pride to be free from blame and, after I had committed any fault, not to acknowledge that I had done any,--"that Thou mightest heal my soul because it had sinned against Thee;" but I loved to excuse it, and to accuse something else (I wot not what) …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)