Psalms 40

1 I waited patiently for Jehovah, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

For the end, a Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.

2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.

3 And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.

And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.

4 Blessed is the man who makes Jehovah his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Blessed [is] the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.

5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but a body thou have prepared for me. Whole burnt offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.

7 Then I said, Lo, I have come. In the volume of a book it is written of me.

Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.

I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.

9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O Jehovah, thou know.

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the great assembly.

I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Withhold thou not thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah. Let thy loving kindness and thy truth continually preserve me,

But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.

12 for innumerable evils have encompassed me around. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.

For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.

14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.

15 Let them be desolate because of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha.

Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.

16 Let all those who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee. Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.

Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

17 But I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.

But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.