Psalms 40
1 I waited patiently for Adonai. He turned to me, and sh'ma ·heard obeyed· my cry.
In finem, Psalmus ipsi David. Expectans expectavi Dominum, et intendit mihi.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
Et exaudivit preces meas: et eduxit me de lacu miseriæ, et de luto fæcis. Et statuit super petram pedes meos: et direxit gressus meos.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even tehilah ·praise song· to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Adonai.
Et immisit in os meum canticum novum, carmen Deo nostro. Videbunt multi, et timebunt: et sperabunt in Domino.
4 Blessed is the man who makes Adonai his trust, and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Beatus vir, cuius est nomen Domini spes eius: et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas.
5 Many, Adonai, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua: et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annunciavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.
6 Sacrifices and offerings you don’t want; burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin ·missing the goal· you have not required. Instead, you have opened my ears.
Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti: aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti:
7 So then I said, “Behold, I have come! In the scroll of a book it is written about me.
tunc dixi: Ecce venio. In capite libri scriptum est de me
8 I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your Torah ·Teaching· is within my heart.”
ut facerem voluntatem tuam: Deus meus volui, et legem tuam in medio cordis mei.
9 I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Adonai, you know.
Annunciavi iustitiam tuam in ecclesia magna, ecce labia mea non prohibebo: Domine tu scisti.
10 I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your chesed ·loving-kindness· and your truth from the great assembly.
Iustitiam tuam non abscondi in corde meo: veritatem tuam et salutare tuum dixi. Non abscondi misericordiam tuam, et veritatem tuam a concilio multo.
11 Don’t withhold your tender rachamim ·merciful loves· from me, Adonai. Let your chesed ·loving-kindness· and your truth continually preserve me.
Tu autem Domine ne longe facias miserationes tuas a me: misericordia tua et veritas tua semper susceperunt me.
12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My depravities (moral evils) have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
Quoniam circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus: comprehenderunt me iniquitates meæ, et non potui ut viderem. Multiplicatæ sunt super capillos capitis mei: et cor meum dereliquit me.
13 Be pleased, Adonai, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Adonai.
Complaceat tibi Domine ut eruas me: Domine, ad adiuvandum me respice.
14 Let them be disappointed 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.
Confundantur et revereantur simul, qui quærunt animam meam, ut auferant eam. Convertantur retrorsum, et revereantur qui volunt mihi mala.
15 Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
Ferant confestim confusionem suam, qui dicunt mihi: Euge, euge.
16 Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let all who 'ahav ·affectionately love· your salvation say continually, “Let Adonai be exalted and magnified!”
Exultent et lætentur super te omnes quærentes te: et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus: qui diligunt salutare tuum.
17 But I am poor and needy. May 'Adonay [Lord] think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
Ego autem mendicus sum, et pauper: Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adiutor meus, et protector meus tu es: Deus meus ne tardaveris.
