John Trapp on Psalms 40:1

PSAL. XL.

Verſ. 1. I waited patiently for the Lord] Heb. In waiting I waited; Diutiſſimè quidem, ſed optimo ſucceſſu; Eſt ſenſus ejuſdem cum duobus prioribu[illegible: 2 letters] Kabuenat. I prayed and waited, I waited and prayed again; perſevering in prayer, and begging audience, as Pſal. 39.12, with which Baſil maketh this Pſalm to cohere, and well he may, for it ſeemeth to be of the ſame time and argument with the two former. R. Obadiah ſaith, that David compoſed this Pſalm after that he was recovered of his Leproſie, Pſal. 38.7.

And he inclined unto me] i.e. he began at length to ſhew favour; for he waiteth to be gracious, and well knoweth that deſideria dilatione creſcant, & cito data vileſcant: nothing is loſt, by holding his people long in requeſt.