Psalms 40:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation: I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּשַּׂ֤רְתִּי צֶ֨דֶק ׀ בְּקָ֘הָ֤ל רָ֗ב הִנֵּ֣ה שְׂ֭פָתַי לֹ֣א אֶכְלָ֑א יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ

Transliteration

Biśśartî ṣedeq in qāhāl rāb; hinnēh śəpātay lōʾ ʾeḵlāʾ; YHWH, you yādāʿtā

Grammar Details

• *Biśśartî*: Piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I have proclaimed/announced good news'
• *ṣedeq*: masculine singular noun - 'righteousness/justice'
• *qāhāl rāb*: masculine singular noun + masculine singular adjective - 'great assembly/congregation'
• *hinnēh*: interjection - 'behold/look'
• *śəpātay*: dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - 'my lips'
• *lōʾ ʾeḵlāʾ*: negation + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'I will not restrain/hold back'
• *YHWH*: proper divine name
• *yādāʿtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'you know/have known'

Word Meanings

• *Biśśartî*: I have proclaimed/I have announced good news/I have preached
• *ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
• *qāhāl*: assembly/congregation/gathering
• *rāb*: great/large/numerous
• *ʾeḵlāʾ*: I will restrain/I will hold back/I will shut

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I have proclaimed Your righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, You know this.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have not hid{H3680} thy righteousness{H6666} within{H8432} my heart;{H3820} I have declared{H559} thy faithfulness{H530} and thy salvation;{H8668} I have not concealed{H3582} thy lovingkindness{H2617} and thy truth{H571} from the great{H7227} assembly.{H6951}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I have not hid{H3680}{H8765)} thy righteousness{H6666} within{H8432} my heart{H3820}; I have declared{H559}{H8804)} thy faithfulness{H530} and thy salvation{H8668}: I have not concealed{H3582}{H8765)} thy lovingkindness{H2617} and thy truth{H571} from the great{H7227} congregation{H6951}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I do not hyde yi rightuousnes in my hert, my talkynge is of thy treuth and sauynge health: I kepe not thy louynge mercy and faithfulnesse backe from the greate congregacion.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue not hidde thy righteousnesse within mine heart, but I haue declared thy trueth and thy saluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercy and thy trueth from the great Congregation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart: my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation. I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth: from the great congregation.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

Referenced Verses

• Rom 1:16-17 : 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• Rom 15:8-9 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: 9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
• 1 Thess 1:8 : 8 For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we do not need to say anything.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who hears say, Come. And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• Rom 10:9-9 : 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
• Rom 3:22-26 : 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
• Ps 25:10 : 10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
• Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
• Ps 89:1 : 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
• Isa 49:6 : 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
• Ezek 2:7 : 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious.
• Ezek 3:17-18 : 17 Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel: therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warning from me. 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Mic 7:20 : 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
• Luke 2:30-32 : 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation, 31 which you have prepared before the face of all people, 32 a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
• Luke 3:6 : 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 3:16-17 : 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
• Acts 13:32-33 : 32 And we declare to you glad tidings, that the promise which was made to the fathers, 33 God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you.
• Acts 20:20-21 : 20 how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.