Psalms 40
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; 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 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.
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 He 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.
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 has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
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 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.
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 You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You 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, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your 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 proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do 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 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.
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 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.
12 For 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.
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 LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.
14 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
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 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.
16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD 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; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
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.
