Psalms 40:1

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Psalms 40:1


← Psalms 39:13 Psalms 40:1 (KJV) Psalms 40:2 →
O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

To the chief MusicianH5329, A PsalmH4210 of DavidH1732. I waitedH6960 patientlyH6960 for the LORDH3068; and he inclinedH5186 unto me, and heardH8085 my cryH7775.


Original Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמֹור׃

קַוֹּה קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה וַיֵּט אֵלַי וַיִּשְׁמַע שַׁוְעָתִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
Superscription
לַ֝/מְנַצֵּ֗חַ
la/m.na.Tze.ach H5329 HRd/Vprmsa to the/ choirmaster
לְ/דָוִ֥ד
le./da.Vid H1732 HR/Np of/ David
מִזְמֽוֹר
miz.Mor H4210 HNcmsa a psalm
קַוֺּ֣ה
ka.Voh H6960 HVpa certainly (to wait)
קִוִּ֣יתִי
ki.Vi.ti H6960 HVpp1cs I waited for
יְהוָ֑ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp Yahweh
וַ/יֵּ֥ט
va/i.Yet H5186 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he stretched out
אֵ֝לַ֗/י
'e.La/i H413 HR/Sp1cs to/ me
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע
va/i.yish.Ma' H8085 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he heard
שַׁוְעָתִֽ/י
shav.'a.T/i H7775 HNcfsc/Sp1cs cry for help/ my
Strong's References
  • H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H4210 — מִזְמוֹר (mizmôwr, miz-more'): from זָמַר (zâmar) H2167; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes; psalm.
  • H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
  • H5329 — נָצַח (nâtsach, naw-tsakh'): a primitive root; also as denominative from נֶצַח (netsach) H5331; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent; excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
  • H6960 — קָוָה (qâvâh, kaw-vaw'): a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect; gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
  • H7775 — שַׁוְעָה (shavʻâh, shav-aw'): feminine of שֶׁוַע (shevaʻ) H7773; a hallooing; crying.
  • H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

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