Psalm 40
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1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.1I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.
4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.4Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!
5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.5You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.6In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,7Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.8I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.
10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.11As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!
12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.14Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt!
15Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.15Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.16But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the LORD!”
17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.17As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!
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