| 40 | Psalms | ||
| Song of Praise. Psalm 40(v39) | |||
| 1 | I waited patiently for Yahweh; he inclined to me and heard my cry. | ||
| 2 | He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. | ||
| 3 | He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in Yahweh. | ||
| 4 | Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods! | ||
| 5 | You have multiplied, O Yahweh my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be numbered. | ||
| 6 | Sacrifice and offering you not desire; but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. | ||
| 7 | Then I said, "Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me; | ||
| 8 | I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." | ||
| 9 | I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Yahweh. | ||
| 10 | I have not hid your saving help 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. | ||
| 11 | Do not, O Yahweh, withhold your mercy from me, let your steadfast love and your faithfulness ever preserve me! | ||
| 12 | For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, till I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. | ||
| 13 | Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me! O Yahweh, make haste to help me! | ||
| 14 | Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let them be turned back and brought to dishonour who desire my hurt! | ||
| 15 | Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!" | ||
| 16 | But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, "Great is Yahweh!" | ||
| 17 | As for me, I am poor and needy; but Yahweh takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not tarry, O my God! | ||
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