Psalm 40:1
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Verse 1. I waited patiently: rather anxiously; the original has it, waiting I waited; a Hebraism which signifies vehement solicitude. Daniel Cresswell.
Verse 1. I waited. The Saviour endureth his sufferings waitingly, as well as patiently and prayerfully. He "waited for the Lord." He expected help from Jehovah; and he waited for it until it came. James Frame, in "Christ and his Work: an Exposition of Psalm 40." 1869.
Verse 1. Patiently. Our Lord's patience under suffering was an element of perfection in his work. Had he become impatient as we often do, and lost heart, his atonement would have been vitiated. Well may we rejoice that in the midst of all his temptations, and in the thickest of the battle against sin and Satan, he remained patient and willing to finish the work which his Father had given him to do. James Frame.
Verse 1. Heard my cry. Our Saviour endured his sufferings prayerfully as well as patiently. James Frame.
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 1.
WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE FORTIETH PSALM IN SPURGEON'S DAY
A Sermon upon the Fortieth Psalme, preached in the time of Public Fast; in "Sermons by the Rev. ROBERT BRUCE, Minister of Edinburgh, reprinted from the original edition of 1590, and 1591 ... Edinburgh: printed for the Wodrow Society. 1843."
Christ and his Work: an Exposition of Psalm 40. By JAMES FRAME, 1869.