Psalms 40

1 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

Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.

2 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

And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

3 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

And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear: and they shall hope in the Lord.

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

Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.

5 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

Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

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

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:

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

Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me

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

That I should do thy will: O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.

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

I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

10 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

I have not hid thy justice within my heart: I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.

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

Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me: thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.

12 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

For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

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

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.

14 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

Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.

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

Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: Tis well, tis well.

16 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

Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.

17 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

But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.