"I Waited"
What is the title
of Psalm 40? To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
Read Psalm 40:1-5
1 I waited patiently for
the YHWH; he inclined to me and
heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the YHWH.
2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the YHWH.
4 Blessed is the man who makes the YHWH his trust, who does not turn to the
proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O YHWH my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
5 You have multiplied, O YHWH my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
What happened?
I REALLY waited. You delivered. I will tell of your deeds.
Read Psalm 40:6-8
6
In
sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open
ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you
have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
What does his relationship with YHWH?
YHWH requires nothing…
I gladly delight (psalm 1)
Read Psalm 40:9-10
9
I
have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained
my lips, as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love (chesed) and your faithfulness (amad) from the great congregation.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love (chesed) and your faithfulness (amad) from the great congregation.
What does the psalmist do in response?
Tell about deliverance – Salvation is steadfast love (chesed) and truth (amad)
Read Psalm 40:11-12
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
12 For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
12 For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
What is the problem?
Evils, iniquities, my own heart/body
Read Psalm
40:13-17
13 Be pleased, O YHWH,
to deliver me! O YHWH make haste
to help me!
14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
14 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is YHWH!”
17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
17 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
What is the final prayer?
Help quick,
Judge enemies (v.14) and righteous (v.16)
I am poor, Help quick!
See psalm 70
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
What is the purpose of this Psalm/prayer?
Confess God is good! Salvation, Tell all!
Lament Evil is all around
Plead Help quick! Judge!
How does Christ fulfill this psalm?
Christ is the salvation that we trust and tell.
How can we pray this?
Confess God is good! Salvation in Christ. Tell all!
Lament BUT Evil is all around
Plead Help quick! Judge! Return of Christ!
But
deliver us from evil.
What
does this mean? We pray in this petition, as in a summary, that our Father
in heaven would deliver us from all manner of evil, of body and soul, property
and honor, and at last, when our last hour shall come, grant us a blessed end,
and graciously take us from this vale of tears to Himself into heaven.
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