Psa 40:17, Isa 41:17 | JFB | STEP | 17. A summary of his condition and hopes. thinketh upon-- or provides for me. "He was heard," "when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, unto Him that was able to save him from death" [He 5:7].

‏ Psalms 40:17

17. A summary of his condition and hopes.

thinketh upon--or provides for me. "He was heard," "when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears, unto Him that was able to save him from death" [He 5:7].

‏ Isaiah 41:17

17. poor and needy--primarily, the exiles in Babylon.

water--figuratively, refreshment, prosperity after their affliction. The language is so constructed as only very partially to apply to the local and temporary event of the restoration from Babylon; but fully to be realized in the waters of life and of the Spirit, under the Gospel (Is 30:25; 44:3; Joh 7:37-39; 4:14). God wrought no miracles that we read of, in any wilderness, during the return from Babylon.

faileth--rather, "is rigid" or parched [Horsley].