Psalms 40

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:

8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

10 I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

11 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

14 May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

17 But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 He 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.

3 And 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.

4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, 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.

6 ¶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10 I 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.

11 ¶ Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 For 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.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 Let 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.

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

17 But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

1 a psalm of David, to be sung.

2 I waited upon the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

3 And he drew me out of the dreadful pit, and out of the mire, and set my feet upon a rock, that I might surely tread;

4 And hath put a new song in my mouth, to praise our God. Many shall see it, and fear the LORD, and hope in him.

5 Blessed is he that putteth his hope in the LORD, and turneth not to the proud, and to them that deal in lies.

6 O LORD my God, great are thy wonders, and thy thoughts, which thou hast done for us. Nothing is like unto thee. I will declare them, and tell of them, though they be not to be numbered.

7 Sacrifices and meat offerings are not acceptable unto thee: but thou hast opened mine ears. Thou wilt not have burnt offerings, nor sin offerings.

8 And I said, Behold, I come; in the book it is written of me.

9 Thy will, O my God, will I gladly do; and thy law have I in mine heart.

10 I will preach righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I will not let my mouth be stopped, O Lord, thou knowest.

11 Thy righteousness will I not hide in mine heart: of thy truth and of thy salvation will I speak; I will not hide thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.

12 But thou, O LORD, wilt not turn away thy mercy from me: let thy lovingkindness and thy faithfulness keep me always.

13 For sorrows have compassed me about without number; my sins have taken hold of me, that I cannot see; theirs is more than the hair of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

14 Be pleased, O LORD, to save me: make haste, O LORD, to help me.

15 They shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul, that they may destroy them: they shall fall back, and be confounded that do me wrong.

16 They shall be afraid in their shame, which cry over me: There, there!

17 Let all them that seek thee rejoice and be glad; and let them that love thy salvation say alway, Blessed be the LORD.

18 For I am poor and wretched: but the LORD taketh care of me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: my God, consume not.