Psalm 40:10 “I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared…”

Psalm 40:10

I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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.

American 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 assembly.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“not hid”

1 Thessalonians 1:8 Ezekiel 2:7 Revelation 22:17 Ezekiel 3:17 Ezekiel 3:18 Acts 20:20

1 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

Ezekiel 2:7 · BSB

But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Revelation 22:17 · BSB

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

Ezekiel 3:17 · BSB

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

Ezekiel 3:18 · BSB

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his…

Acts 20:20 · BSB

I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

“righteousness”

Romans 3:22–26 Romans 10:3 Philippians 3:9 Romans 1:16 Romans 1:17

Romans 3:22–26 · BSB

And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 10:3 · BSB

Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Philippians 3:9 · BSB

and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

Romans 1:16 · BSB

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

Romans 1:17 · BSB

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

“faithfulness”

Acts 13:32 Acts 13:33 Romans 15:8 Romans 15:9

Acts 13:32 · BSB

And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

Acts 13:33 · BSB

He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

Romans 15:8 · BSB

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,

Romans 15:9 · BSB

so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.”

“salvation”

1 Timothy 1:15 Luke 2:30–32 Isaiah 49:6 Luke 3:6

1 Timothy 1:15 · BSB

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

Luke 2:30–32 · BSB

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Isaiah 49:6 · BSB

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the ea…

Luke 3:6 · BSB

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

“lovingkindness”

Psalm 25:10 Psalm 34:6 Micah 7:20 John 1:17 John 3:16 John 3:17

Psalm 25:10 · BSB

All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

Psalm 34:6 · BSB

This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

Micah 7:20 · BSB

You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

John 1:17 · BSB

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 · BSB

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:17 · BSB

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Also

Psalm 89:1

Psalm 89:1 · BSB

I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

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