Psalm 40:1 (BSB)

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

From Psalms 40. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 40:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 40:1-17: PSALM 40 David, being delivered from some great danger, and it may be, not from one only, but from many, extols very highly the grace of God, and by means of this, his soul is filled with admiration of the providence of God, which extends itself to the whole human race.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 40:1: I waited patiently for the Lord. Patient waiting upon God was a special characteristic of our Lord Jesus. Impatience never lingered in his heart, much less escaped his lips. All through his agony in the garden, his trial of cruel mockings before Herod and Pilate, and his passion on the tree, he waited in omnipotence of patience.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 40:1-5: In these verses we have, I. The great distress and trouble that the psalmist had been in. He had been plunged into a horrible pit and into miry clay (Psa 40:2), out of which he could not work himself, and in which he found himself sinking yet further.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 40:1: I waited patiently for the Lord,.... Or "waiting I waited" (i); which denotes continuance, constancy, and patience; and which Christ exercised in the garden, when he submitted himself entirely to the will of God; and on the cross, when he continued in sure hope and firm expectation of his help and assistance, though he was for a while forsaken by him; see Isa 50:7; and...