Psalm 40
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 I waited patiently
for the LORD.
He turned to me,
and heard my cry.
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.
3 He
has put a new song
in my mouth,
even praise to
our God.
Many shall see it,
and fear, and
shall trust in the
LORD.
4 Blessed is
the man who
makes the LORD
his trust,
and doesn’t respect
the proud, nor such
as turn away
to lies.
5 Many,
LORD, 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.
6 Sacrifice
and offering
you didn’t desire.
You have opened
my ears.
You have
not required burnt
offering and sin
offering.
7 Then
I said, “Behold, I
have come.
It is written about
me in the book
in the scroll.
8 I delight
to do your will,
my God.
Yes, your law is
within my heart.”
9 I
have proclaimed glad news
of righteousness in
the great assembly.
Behold, I will
not seal my lips,
LORD, you know.
10 I
have not hidden
your righteousness within
my heart.
I have declared
your faithfulness and
your salvation.
I have
not concealed your loving kindness
and your truth
from the great
assembly.
11 Don’t withhold
your tender mercies
from me, LORD.
Let your loving
kindness and your
truth continually preserve
me.
12 For innumerable evils
have surrounded me.
My iniquities 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.
13 Be pleased,
LORD, to deliver
me.
Hurry to help me,
LORD.
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.
15 Let
them be desolate
by reason of their
shame that tell me,
“Aha! Aha!”
16 Let all
those who seek you rejoice
and be glad in you.
Let such as love your salvation say
continually, “Let the LORD be
exalted!”
17 But
I am poor
and needy.
May the Lord think
about me.
You are my
help and
my deliverer.
Don’t delay, my God.