| Psalm 40 | |
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| "I waited patiently for the LORD" | |
 Psalm 40 in Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Musée Condé, Chantilly | |
| Other name |
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| Text | attributed to King David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 40 | |
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← Psalm 39 Psalm 41 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 40 is the 40th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I waited patiently for the LORD". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 39. In Latin, it is known by the incipit, "Expectans expectavi Dominum".[1] It is described by the Jerusalem Bible as a "song of praise and prayer for help".[2]
Psalm 40 is used in both Jewish and Christian liturgies. It has been set to music, Baroque settings and U2's song "40" from their 1983 album, War. Two composers used the beginning for symphonic compositions, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang and Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 39 (40) medievalist.net
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), Sub-heading for Psalm 40