Psalm 40 is a plea of someone who is trapped, sinking in quicksand, and is miraculously delivered from doom and given a sure foundation and a new song. The speaker in this Psalm proclaims that he has come to do the Lord’s will and replace the temporary sacrifices of the law with a life of perfect obedience to God’s will. This person is, as the author of Hebrews later reveals, none other than our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Because Jesus knows what it is to reach the depth of our fallenness and despair, we can trust that no matter what this life may bring, we will never experience anything that goes beyond his capacity to understand and empathize. Also, because Jesus has overcome our brokenness and lived a life of perfect obedience on our behalf, he offers a new song and a fresh start to those who come to him and are willing to trade the darkness of their sins for the new life of his resurrection.
The Song of the Cross
