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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I have preached
basar (Hebrew #1319)
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)
KJV usage: messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
Pronounce: baw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
k righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
in the great
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
congregation
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
: lo, I have not refrained
kala' (Hebrew #3607)
to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit)
KJV usage: finish, forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed, withhold.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
my lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, thou knowest
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Luke 4:16‑22• 16{i}And{/i} he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
 17And the book of the prophet Esaias was given to him. And having unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written,
 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,
 19to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.
 20{i}And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.{/i}
 21{i}And he began to say to them,{/i} Today this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
 22{i}And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said,{/i} Is not this the son of Joseph? (Luke 4:16‑22)

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Ministry on This Verse

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preached.
Psa. 22:22,25• 22I will declare thy name unto my brethren,{HR}In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
 25Of thee [is] my praise in the great congregation;{HR}I will perform my vows before those who fear him. (Psa. 22:22,25)
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Psa. 35:18• 18I will praise thee in the great congregation;{HR}Among a strong people I will sing praise unto thee. (Psa. 35:18)
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Psa. 71:15‑18• 15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness,{HR}All the day thy salvation;{HR}For I know not its numbers.
 16I will go in the might of Adonai Jehovah;{HR}I will recall thy righteousness, thine only.
 17O God, thou hast taught me from my youth,{HR}And hitherto do I show thy wondrous works.
 18Yea also unto old age and grey hairs,{HR}O God, forsake me not,{HR}Until I declare, thine arm to a generation,{HR}Thy might to every one that is to come. (Psa. 71:15‑18)
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Mark 16:15‑16• 15{i}And he said to them,{/i} Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to all the creation.
 16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; and he that believeth not shall be condemned. (Mark 16:15‑16)
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Luke 4:16‑22• 16{i}And{/i} he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
 17And the book of the prophet Esaias was given to him. And having unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written,
 18[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered,
 19to preach [the] acceptable year of [the] Lord.
 20{i}And having rolled up the book, when he had delivered it up to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.{/i}
 21{i}And he began to say to them,{/i} Today this scripture is fulfilled in your ears.
 22{i}And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which were coming out of his mouth. And they said,{/i} Is not this the son of Joseph? (Luke 4:16‑22)
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Heb. 2:12• 12I will declare thy name to my brethren, amidst the congregation will I sing thy praise. (Heb. 2:12)
not.
Psa. 119:13,171‑172• 13With my lips have I declared{HR}All the judgments of thy mouth.
 171My lips shall utter praise,{HR}For thou dost teach me thy statutes.
 172Let my tongue answer thy saying,{HR}For all thy commandments [are] righteousness. (Psa. 119:13,171‑172)
thou knowest.
Psa. 139:2• 2Thou knowest my sitting and my rising;{HR}Thou understandest (to) my thought from afar. (Psa. 139:2)
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John 21:17• 17He saith to him the third time, Simon [son] of Jonah, dost thou dearly love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Dost thou dearly love me? and he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I dearly love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:17)
• In ver. 9, 10, we have the perfectness of His service. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• In His path of service Christ was the faithful witness. He perfectly carried out the will of God in the midst of Israel―the great congregation. (“Psalm 40” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.

W. Kelly Translation

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I have announced righteousness in the great congregation;{HR}Behold, I will not refrain my lips; O Jehovah, thou hast known.