Psalms 40
40
Ps 70:1–5
For the Music Director. A Psalm of David.
1I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me, and heard my cry.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
out of the miry clay,
and set my feet on a rock,
and established my steps.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 He has put a new song in my mouth,
even praise to our God;
many will see it, and fear,
and will trust in the Lord.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 Blessed is the man
who places trust in the Lord,
but does not turn toward the proud,
nor those falling away to falsehood.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 O Lord my God,
You have done many wonderful works,
and Your thoughts toward us
cannot be compared;
if I would declare and speak of them,
they are more than can be numbered.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
You have opened up my ears to listen.
Burnt offering and sin offering
You have not required.
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me,
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my inward parts.”
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 I have proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation;
I have not held back my lips,
O Lord, You know.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
from the great congregation.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 Do not withhold Your compassion from me, O Lord;
may Your lovingkindness and Your truth always guard me.
12For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
they are more than the hairs of my head
so that my heart fails me.
13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
14May those seeking to snatch away my life
be ashamed and confounded together;
may those who desire my harm
be driven backward and dishonored.
15May those who say to me “Aha, aha!”
be appalled on account of their shame.
16May all those who seek You
rejoice and be glad in You;
may those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The Lord is magnified.”
17But I am poor and needy;
yet the Lord thinks about me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.
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Psalm 40
40
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1I waited patiently for the LORD;
And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God:
Many shall see it, and fear,
And shall trust in the LORD.
4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust,
And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5Many, O LORD my God,
Are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
Mine ears hast thou opened:
Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come:
In the volume of the book it is written of me, 8I delight to do thy will, O my God:
Yea, thy law is within my heart.
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
Lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation:
I have not concealed thy lovingkindness,
And thy truth from the great congregation.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:
Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of mine head:
Therefore my heart faileth me.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me:
O LORD, make haste to help me.
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together
That seek after my soul to destroy it;
Let them be driven backward
and put to shame that wish me evil.
15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
That say unto me, Aha, aha.
16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
Let such as love thy salvation say continually, the LORD be magnified.
17But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me:
Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
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