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Let your unfailing love and faithfulness always protect me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/40.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/40.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/40.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/40.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou, O LORD, wilt not withhold Thy compassion from me; Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth will continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Do not withhold Your compassion <i>and</i> tender mercy from me, O LORD; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. Your constant love and truth will always guard me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br /> LORD, do not withhold Your compassion from me; Your constant love and truth will always guard me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/40.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You, LORD, never fail to have pity on me; your love and faithfulness always keep me secure. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/40.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Do not withhold your compassion from me, O LORD. May your mercy and your truth always protect me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/40.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, I know you will never stop being merciful to me. Your love and loyalty will always keep me safe. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/40.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />LORD, do not withhold your mercy from me, for your gracious love and truthfulness will keep me safe continuously.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/40.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Do not withhold your tender mercies from me, LORD. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/40.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You, O YHWH, do not restrain Your mercies from me, "" Your kindness and Your truth continually keep me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt not, O Jehovah, shut up thy compassions from me: thy mercy and thy truth shall always guard me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me : thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 39:12>O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/40.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />LORD, may you not withhold your compassion from me; May your mercy and your faithfulness continually protect me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do not, O LORD, withhold your mercy from me; let your steadfast love and your faithfulness keep me safe forever.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD; let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you, LORD JEHOVAH, do not you restrain from me your mercies, but let your mercies and your faithfulness keep me at all times.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou, O LORD, wilt not withhold Thy compassions from me; Let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually preserve me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/40-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4776" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/40.htm">I Waited Patiently for the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</span>I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3607.htm" title="3607: ṯiḵ·lā (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To shut up, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to restrict, by act or word.">withhold</a> <a href="/hebrew/7356.htm" title="7356: ra·ḥă·me·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Compassion. From racham; compassion; by extension, the womb; by implication, a maiden.">Your mercy</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥas·də·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">Your loving devotion</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: wa·’ă·mit·tə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">and faithfulness</a> <a href="/hebrew/8548.htm" title="8548: tā·mîḏ (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance; but used only constant; ellipt. The regular sacrifice.">will always</a> <a href="/hebrew/5341.htm" title="5341: yiṣ·ṣə·rū·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 1cs) -- To watch, guard, keep. A primitive root; to guard, in a good sense Or a bad one.">guard me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Psalm 25:6-7</a></span><br />Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age. / Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Psalm 69:16</a></span><br />Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalm 86:15</a></span><br />But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-10</a></span><br />The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. / He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. / He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-41.htm">Psalm 119:41</a></span><br />May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/143-8.htm">Psalm 143:8</a></span><br />Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Isaiah 63:7</a></span><br />I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22-23</a></span><br />Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. / They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-18.htm">Micah 7:18-20</a></span><br />Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? / He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. / You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a></span><br />Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-17.htm">Nehemiah 9:17</a></span><br />They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51</a></span><br />Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-8.htm">Romans 5:8</a></span><br />But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/2-4.htm">Ephesians 2:4-5</a></span><br />But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, / made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-13.htm">Psalm 69:13,16</a></b></br> But as for me, my prayer <i>is</i> unto thee, O LORD, <i>in</i> an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation… </p><p class="hdg">let thy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/23-6.htm">Psalm 23:6</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Psalm 43:3</a></b></br> O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/57-3.htm">Psalm 57:3</a></b></br> He shall send from heaven, and save me <i>from</i> the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/37-26.htm">Always</a> <a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/psalms/25-6.htm">Compassions</a> <a href="/psalms/38-17.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Gentle</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/31-16.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/36-6.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/psalms/32-7.htm">Protect</a> <a href="/psalms/37-40.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/psalms/40-10.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/psalms/38-15.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Withhold</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/40-16.htm">Always</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/psalms/69-16.htm">Compassions</a> <a href="/psalms/40-16.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/41-4.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/psalms/54-5.htm">Faithfulness</a> <a href="/psalms/119-77.htm">Gentle</a> <a href="/psalms/42-8.htm">Kindness</a> <a href="/psalms/40-16.htm">Love</a> <a href="/psalms/42-8.htm">Loving</a> <a href="/psalms/44-26.htm">Mercies</a> <a href="/psalms/41-4.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Preserve</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Protect</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/psalms/42-8.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/psalms/43-3.htm">Truth</a> <a href="/psalms/41-2.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/84-11.htm">Withhold</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 40</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">The benefit of confidence in God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Obedience is the best sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm">The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/40.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/40.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me;</b><br>This plea reflects a deep reliance on God's mercy, a recurring theme throughout the Psalms. The psalmist acknowledges human frailty and the need for divine compassion. The use of "O LORD" signifies a personal relationship with Yahweh, the covenant-keeping God of Israel. This request for mercy echoes the sentiments found in other Psalms, such as <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51:1</a>, where David seeks God's mercy after his sin with Bathsheba. The concept of mercy is central to the Hebrew understanding of God's character, often linked with His covenant promises to Israel. In the New Testament, this mercy is fully realized in the person of Jesus Christ, who embodies God's compassion and grace.<p><b>Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.</b><br>"Loving devotion" translates the Hebrew word "chesed," which encompasses steadfast love, kindness, and loyalty. This term is foundational to understanding God's covenant relationship with His people. "Faithfulness" refers to God's reliability and truthfulness, assuring the psalmist of God's unwavering support. The imagery of being "guarded" suggests protection and security, akin to a shepherd watching over his flock. This assurance is mirrored in <a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23</a>, where the Lord is depicted as a shepherd who provides and protects. The dual mention of loving devotion and faithfulness highlights the completeness of God's care, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture, culminating in the New Testament with the faithfulness of Christ, who guards believers through His Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/40.htm">Psalm 40</a>, David is expressing his reliance on God's mercy and faithfulness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature, as well as His relationship with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mercy_and_faithfulness.htm">Mercy and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Key attributes of God that David appeals to, highlighting God's character and His covenantal promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god's_mercy.htm">Dependence on God's Mercy</a></b><br>Recognize our continual need for God's mercy in our daily lives.<br><br>Understand that God's mercy is not earned but freely given to those who seek Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_as_a_guard.htm">God's Faithfulness as a Guard</a></b><br>Trust in God's faithfulness as a protective force in our lives.<br><br>Reflect on how God's faithfulness has been evident in past experiences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_a_means_of_seeking_god.htm">Prayer as a Means of Seeking God</a></b><br>Use prayer as a way to express our dependence on God's mercy and faithfulness.<br><br>Encourage regular prayer, asking God to reveal His mercy and faithfulness in specific situations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_response_to_god's_attributes.htm">Living in Response to God's Attributes</a></b><br>Live a life that reflects gratitude for God's mercy and faithfulness.<br><br>Strive to embody these attributes in our interactions with others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 40</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_i_make_god_happy.htm">How can I make God happy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_you_use_your_talents.htm">How can you show gentleness in your actions today?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_can_condemn_if_god_justifies_us.htm">How do you express adoration for God's greatness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_136's_mercy_align_with_wrath.htm">Throughout Psalm 136, God's mercy is repeatedly emphasized; how does this reconcile with other biblical passages depicting divine wrath and judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord</span>. The supplicatory portion of the psalm here commences. David beseeches God, whose loving-kindness is so great (ver. 10), not to withhold <span class="accented">from him</span> those "tender mercies" which he lavishes so freely. As he is bent on "not withholding," or "refraining," his lips (ver. 9), so it is fitting that God should not "withhold," or "refrain" (<span class="hebrew">כלא</span>) his kindness. <span class="cmt_word">Let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me</span> (compare the last clause of ver. 10). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/40-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">withhold</span><br /><span class="heb">תִכְלָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiḵ·lā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3607.htm">Strong's 3607: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, restrain, withhold</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your mercy</span><br /><span class="heb">רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ra·ḥă·me·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7356.htm">Strong's 7356: </a> </span><span class="str2">Compassion, the womb, a maiden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from me;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֑נִּי</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your loving devotion</span><br /><span class="heb">חַסְדְּךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(ḥas·də·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2617.htm">Strong's 2617: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and truth</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·mit·tə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will always</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּמִ֥יד</span> <span class="translit">(tā·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8548.htm">Strong's 8548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">guard me.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(yiṣ·ṣə·rū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5341.htm">Strong's 5341: </a> </span><span class="str2">To watch, guard, keep</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/40-11.htm">Psalm 40:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 40:11 Don't withhold your tender mercies from me (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/40-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 40:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 40:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 40:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 40:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>