Psalm 40

1. 1

   I waited patiently upon the LORD; *
   he stooped to me and heard my cry.

2. 2

   He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; *
   he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure.

3. 3

   He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; *
   many shall see, and stand in awe, and put their trust in the LORD.

4. 4

   Happy are they who trust in the LORD! *
   they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods.

5. 5

   Great things are they that you have done, O LORD my God! how great your wonders and your plans for us! *
   there is none who can be compared with you.

6. 6

   Oh, that I could make them known and tell them! *
   but they are more than I can count.

7. 7

   In sacrifice and offering you take no pleasure *
   (you have given me ears to hear you);

8. 8

   Burnt-offering and sin-offering you have not required, *
   and so I said, "Behold, I come.

9. 9

   In the roll of the book it is written concerning me: *
   'I love to do your will, O my God; your law is deep in my heart.'"

10. 10

    I proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation; *
    behold, I did not restrain my lips; and that, O LORD, you know.

11. 11

    Your righteousness have I not hidden in my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your deliverance; *
    I have not concealed your love and faithfulness from the great congregation.

12. 12

    You are the LORD; do not withhold your compassion from me; *
    let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever,

13. 13

    For innumerable troubles have crowded upon me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see; *
    they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

14. 14

    Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; *
    O LORD, make haste to help me.

15. 15

    Let them be ashamed and altogether dismayed who seek after my life to destroy it; *
    let them draw back and be disgraced who take pleasure in my misfortune.

16. 16

    Let those who say "Aha!" and gloat over me be confounded, *
    because they are ashamed.

17. 17

    Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be glad; *
    let those who love your salvation continually say, Great is the LORD!"

18. 18

    Though I am poor and afflicted, *
    the Lord will have regard for me.

19. 19

    You are my helper and my deliverer; *
    do not tarry, O my God.

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