Psalm 40
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Psalm 40
The One Who Rescues Me
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.
1I hoped #40:1 Or intentlyearnestly for Yahweh;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the #40:2 Lit mud of the miremiry clay,
And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in Yahweh.
4¶How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,
And has not #40:4 Lit regardedturned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.
5Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
I would declare and speak of them,
But they are too numerous to recount.
6¶#40:6 Blood sacrificeSacrifice and meal offering #40:6 Or You have not taken pleasure inYou have not desired;
My ears You have #40:6 Lit dug; or possibly piercedopened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is #40:7 Or prescribed forwritten of me.
8“I desire to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my inner being.”
9¶I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;
Behold, I do not restrain my lips,
O Yahweh, You know.
10I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart;
I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
11¶You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
# 40:11 Or May...guard me Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
12For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has #40:12 Lit forsakenfailed me.
13¶Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;
Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
14Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my #40:14 Or soullife to sweep it away;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in #40:14 Or my calamityevil against me.
15Let those be #40:15 Or desolatedappalled because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Yahweh be magnified!”
17As for me, I am afflicted and needy,
# 40:17 Or The Lord is mindful May the Lord think of me.
You are my help and the One who rescues me;
Do not delay, O my God.
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