Psalm 40

Psalm 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

¹I ^†awaited patiently for the Lord;

And he inclined unto me, and ^bheard my cry.

²He brought me up also out of ^†an horrible pit, out of the ^cmiry ^dclay,

And ^eset my feet upon a rock, and ^festablished my goings.

³And he hath put ^ga new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:

Many shall ^hsee it, and ^hfear, and shall ⁱtrust in the Lord.

^4kBlessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust,

And respecteth not ^lthe proud, nor such as ^mturn aside to lies.

⁵Many, O Lord my God, are ⁿthy wonderful works which thou hast done,

And ^othy thoughts which are to us-ward:

^||They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:

If I would declare and speak of them,

^pThey are more than can be numbered.

^6qSacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;

Mine ears hast thou ^†opened:

Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

⁷Then said I, Lo, I come:

In the ^rvolume of the book it is ^swritten of me,

⁸I delight to do ^tthy will, O my God:

Yea, thy law is ^†uwithin my heart.

⁹I have preached righteousness ^win the great congregation:

Lo, ^xI have not ^yrefrained my lips,

O Lord, ^zthou knowest.

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 ^uthe great congregation.

^11yWithhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord:

Let ^athy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

¹²For innumerable evils have ^bcompassed me about:

^cMine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up;

^ccThey are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore ^dmy heart ^†faileth me.

¹³Be pleased, O Lord, ^eto deliver me:

O Lord, ^fmake haste to help me.

^14gLet 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.

¹⁵Let them be ^hdesolate for a reward of their shame

That ⁱsay unto me, Aha, aha.

¹⁶Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:

Let such as love thy salvation ^ksay continually, ^lThe Lord be magnified.

¹⁷But ^mI am poor and needy; yet ⁿthe Lord thinketh upon me:

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

Make no tarrying, O my God.