King James Version
Psalms 40:17 in the King James Version says “But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.”
Psalms 40:17 · KJV
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“thinketh”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“O my God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“make no tarrying”
H309to loiter (i.e., be behind); by implication to procrastinate
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