Psalm 40 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Psalm 40.

Meditate on verses 8 and 14.

I delight to do Your will, O God;

Your Law is within my heart.

Let those be ashamed and humiliated together

 who seek my life to destroy it;

 let those be turned back

and dishonored who delight in my hurt.

Observe the word “delight” in Psalm 40.  David desired and delighted to do the will of God.  There were people in David’s life that took pleasure and delighted in him being hurt.  Can you relate to David?  Are you or someone you love in a situation where mean people delight in injuring, even destroying others?  Observe Psalm 40 to see how David handled this kind of evil.

1.     David waited patiently for the LORD (v. 1).

2.     David asked the LORD to deliver and help him (v. 13).

3.     The LORD heard David’s cry for help (v. 1).

4.     The LORD brought David out of the pit of destruction and set his feet firmly on a rock (v. 2).

5.     God put a song of praise in David’s mouth (v. 3).

6.     David sang that new song from the LORD.  Because he spoke of God’s righteousness, faithfulness, lovingkindness, and truth, many feared and trusted in the LORD (vs. 3, 10).

As David waited for the salvation of the LORD, he was not disappointed.  Reread Psalm 40 and find the treasures God wants to show you for handling your life situations.

Pray Psalm 40:11, 13, and 16-17 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 “O LORD, do not withhold Your compassion from ________ and me.

Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve us.

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver us; make haste, O LORD, to help us.

As we seek You, let us rejoice and be glad in You. 

We love Your salvation!  Let us continually say, ‘The LORD be magnified!’

Since we are afflicted and needy, LORD, be mindful of us;

 You are our help and our deliverer. 

Do not delay, O our God.

For the sake of Your name, LORD Jesus~”