Psalms 40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Study Note
Study Note
'I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation' — the verse presents public declaration of divine attributes as a form of worship that completes the sacrifice-substitution of verses 6–8. The four attributes proclaimed — righteousness, faithfulness, salvation, hesed and emeth — are the core covenantal character-terms of Exodus 34:6–7, suggesting that testimony in the assembly re-enacts and spreads the foundational theophany of Sinai. Hebrews 10:5–7 quotes Psalm 40:6–8 as Christ's own utterance at the Incarnation, making the subsequent public proclamation (verse 10) a model for the apostolic witness to his faithfulness.
Other Translations
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great assembly.
Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.
Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.
Cross References
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For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.