Psalms 40

1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself. I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

to/for to conduct to/for David melody to await to await LORD and to stretch to(wards) me and to hear: hear cry my

2 And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.

and to ascend: establish me from pit roar from mud [the] mire and to arise: establish upon crag foot my to establish: establish step my

3 And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.

and to give: put in/on/with lip my song new praise to/for God our to see: see many and to fear: revere and to trust in/on/with LORD

4 Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.

blessed [the] great man which to set: make LORD confidence his and not to turn to(wards) proud and to swerve lie

5 You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.

many to make: do you(m. s.) LORD God my to wonder your and plot your to(wards) us nothing to arrange to(wards) you to tell and to speak: speak be vast from to recount

6 Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.

sacrifice and offering not to delight in ear to pierce to/for me burnt offering and sin not to ask

7 Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:

then to say behold to come (in): come in/on/with scroll scroll: book to write upon me

8 that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.

to/for to make: do acceptance your God my to delight in and instruction your in/on/with midst belly my

9 I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.

to bear tidings righteousness in/on/with assembly many behold lips my not to restrain LORD you(m. s.) to know

10 I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.

righteousness your not to cover in/on/with midst heart my faithfulness your and deliverance: salvation your to say not to hide kindness your and truth: faithful your to/for assembly many

11 O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.

you(m. s.) LORD not to restrain compassion your from me kindness your and truth: faithful your continually to watch me

12 For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.

for to surround upon me distress: evil till nothing number to overtake me iniquity: crime my and not be able to/for to see: see be vast from hair head my and heart my to leave: forsake me

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.

to accept LORD to/for to rescue me LORD to/for help my to hasten [emph?]

14 Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.

be ashamed and be ashamed together to seek soul: life my to/for to snatch her to turn back and be humiliated delighting distress: harm my

15 Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”

be desolate: appalled upon consequence shame their [the] to say to/for me Aha! Aha!

16 Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”

to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you all to seek you to say continually to magnify LORD to love: lover deliverance: salvation your

17 But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.

and I afflicted and needy Lord to devise: devise to/for me help my and to escape me you(m. s.) God my not to delay