Psalms 40:12 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 40:12

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.

BSB

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ASV

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

KJV

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

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Commentary

3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

For innumerable evils have compassed me about. On every side he was beset with evils; countless woes environed the great Substitute for our sins. Our sins were innumerable, and so were his griefs. There was no escape for us from our iniquities, and there was no escape for him from the woes which we deserved. From every quarter evils accumulated about the blessed One, although in his heart evil found no place. Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Taken hold - Mens sins are figuratively said to take hold of them, as an officer takes hold of a man whom he arrests. To look - Unto God or men, with any comfort: I am ashamed and confounded.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was it that made the discovery he was now favoured with of a Redeemer very welcome to him. He saw his iniquities to be evils, the worst of evils; he saw that they compassed him about; in all the reviews of his life, and his reflections upon each step of it, still he discovered something amiss. The threatening consequences of his sin surrounded him.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
אָפְפ֥וּ־	'a.fe.Fu-	they have surrounded	H661 →
עָלַ֨י׀	'a.Lai	<on> me	H5921 →
רָע֡וֹת	ra.'ot	troubles	H7451 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
אֵ֬ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
מִסְפָּ֗ר	mis.Par	[was] number	H4557 →
הִשִּׂיג֣וּנִי	hi.si.Gu.ni	they have overtaken me	H5381 →
עֲ֭וֹנֹתַי	'A.vo.no.tai	iniquities my	H5771 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
יָכֹ֣לְתִּי	ya.Kho.le.ti	I am able	H3201 →
לִרְא֑וֹת	lir.'ot	to see	H7200 →
עָצְמ֥וּ	'a.tze.Mu	they are numerous	H6105 →
מִשַּֽׂעֲר֥וֹת	mi.sa.'a.Rot	more than [the] hairs of	H8185 →
רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י	ro.Shi	head my	H7218 →
וְלִבִּ֥י	ve.li.Bi	and heart my	H3820 →
עֲזָבָֽנִי׃	'a.za.Va.ni	it has abandoned me	H5800 →

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Through
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
  But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
- Isaiah 40:29–31
  He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Psalms 138:3
  On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Psalms 18:2
  The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8–10
  We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Through
Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:25
  For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 1 Peter 3:18
  For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Psalms 119:176
  I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Psalms