Psalm 40
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1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.5You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!
14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”
17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
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