Psalms 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

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Study note

Setting — The psalmist speaks to God while standing before a large gathering, immediately after declaring his refusal to seal his lips in the preceding verse and before pleading for God’s mercy in the next.

The words — The Hebrew כִסִּיתִי (khi.Si.ti) means "I have concealed," negated by לֹא (lo'-) "not," while צִדְקָתְךָ (tzid.ka.te./Cha) translates to "Your righteousness" and אֱמוּנָתְךָ ('e.mu.na.te./Kha) to "Your faithfulness." The text explicitly lists these divine attributes as items the speaker refuses to hide.

The thread — The pattern of unreserved public proclamation runs through Acts 20:20, where Paul notes his refusal to withhold helpful teaching, and connects to Romans 10:9, which ties verbal confession to internal belief.

Why it lands — The text requires open acknowledgment of God’s character rather than private retention, demanding that readers voice divine attributes without reservation.

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The Hebrew words

צִדְקָתְךָ֬tzid.ka.te./Charighteousness/ your לֹא־lo'-not כִסִּ֨יתִי׀khi.Si.tiI have concealed בְּת֬וֹךְbe./Tokhin/ [the] midst of לִבִּ֗יli.B/iheart/ my אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣'e.mu.na.te./Khafaithfulness/ your וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣u./te.shu.'a.te./Khaand/ salvation/ your אָמָ֑רְתִּי'a.Ma.re.tiI have spoken לֹא־lo'-not כִחַ֥דְתִּיkhi.Chad.tiI have hidden חַסְדְּךָ֥chas.de./Khacovenant loyalty/ your וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗va./'a.mi.te./khaand/ faithfulness/ your לְקָהָ֥לle./ka.Halto/ [the] assembly רָֽב׃Ravgreat

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.

Cross-references

Romans 1:16 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.
Acts 20:20 I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 Timothy 1:15 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 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
1 Thessalonians 1:8 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.
Psalms 25:10 All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
Psalms 34:6 This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Psalms 89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
Isaiah 49:6 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 earth.”