Psalms 40:10

“I have not not hid thy righteousness within my heart, etc.] Meaning not the essential righteousness of God, though that was abundantly declared in the wounds, sufferings, and death of Christ; and which was the end indeed of his being a propitiation for sin, ( <450325>Romans 3:25,26); but his own righteousness, as before, which he wrought out, and brought in; and which is called the righteousness of God his Father, because it is approved of by him, and accepted with him, and which he imputes to all his people; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: trial is, the “faithfulness” of God in executing all his purposes, counsels, and decrees, which are said to be faithfulness and…”

“I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart - The word “righteousness” here may denote the divine views on the subject of righteousness, or the divine method of making man righteous; that is, the method of justification, as the word is used in the New Testament. See the notes at Romans 1:17. The word, as it might have been employed by David, would have been used in the former sense, as meaning that, knowing what God requires of men, he had not concealed that in his heart, or had not kept it to himself; as used by the Messiah, as I suppose it to be here, it would be employed in the latter sense, or perhaps embrace both. The idea would be, that he had not concealed in his own mind, or had…”

“not hid: Eze 2:7, Eze 3:17, Eze 3:18; Act 20:20, Act 20:21, Act 20:26, Act 20:27; Rom 10:9, Rom 10:10; Th1 1:8; Rev 22:17 righteousness: Rom 1:16, Rom 1:17, Rom 3:22-26, Rom 10:3; Phi 3:9 faithfulness: Act 13:32, Act 13:33; Rom 15:8, Rom 15:9 salvation: Isa 49:6; Luk 2:30-32, Luk 3:6; Ti1 1:15 lovingkindness: Psa 25:10, Psa 34:6; Mic 7:20; Joh 1:17, Joh 3:16, Joh 3:17 Psalms 40:11”

“The self-presentation before Jahve, introduced by אז אמרתּי, extends from הנה to מעי; consequently בּשּׂרתּי yltn joins on to אמרתי, and the אכלא which stands in the midst of perfects describes the synchronous past. The whole is a retrospect. בּשּׂר, Arab. bššr (root בש), starting from its sensible primary signification to scrape off, scratch off, rub smooth, means: to smooth any one (gltten), Engl. to gladden one, i.e., vultum ejus diducere, to make him joyful and glad, more especially to cheer one by good news (e.g., basharahu or bashsharuhu bi̇maulûdin, bashsharuhu bi-maulûdin, he has cheered him by the intelligence of the birth of a son), in Hebrew directly equivalent to…”