The Intercession of our Compassionate Priest

Psalm 40 begins with the announcement of a grand deliverance—from a fearful pit—surely hell. Believers can bring up many examples of God's deliverance. Christian nations, congregations, families, and individuals all have examples. But surely the great deliverance that is ultimately in view here is the deliverance of the whole church from the pit when Christ our head came to bear our sins.