Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life

by W. David O. Taylor

In Psalm 40, God appears in past, present, and future tenses: “Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done” (v. 5 NIV); “You are my help and my deliverer” (v. 17b); “Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me” (v. 13).