Psalm 40

PSALM 40

The One Who Rescues Me

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

¹I ^ahoped ¹earnestly for Yahweh;

And He inclined to me and ^bheard my cry for help.

²He brought me up out of the ^apit of destruction, out of the ¹miry clay,

And ^bHe set my feet upon a high rock, ^cHe established my steps.

³He put a ^anew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;

Many will ^bsee and fear

And will trust in Yahweh.

⁴How ^ablessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,

And ^bhas not ¹turned to the proud, nor to those who ^cstray into falsehood.

⁵Many, O Yahweh my God, are ^athe wondrous deeds You have done,

And Your ^bthoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

I would declare and speak of them,

But they ^care too numerous to recount.

^61aSacrifice and meal offering ²You have not desired;

My ears You have ³opened;

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

⁷Then I said, “Behold, I come;

In the scroll of the book it is ¹written of me.

⁸“^aI desire to do Your will, O my God;

^bYour law is within my inner being.”

⁹I ^aproclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;

Behold, I do ^bnot restrain my lips,

O Yahweh, ^cYou know.

¹⁰I do ^anot conceal Your righteousness within my heart;

I ^bspeak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;

I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.

¹¹You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;

¹Your ^alovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.

¹²For evils beyond number have ^asurrounded me;

My ^biniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;

They are ^cmore numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my ^dheart has ¹failed me.

^13aBe pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;

Make ^bhaste, O Yahweh, to help me.

¹⁴Let those be ^aashamed and humiliated together

Who ^bseek my ¹life to sweep it away;

Let those be turned back and dishonored

Who delight in ²evil against me.

¹⁵Let those ^abe ¹appalled because of their shame

Who ^bsay to me, “Aha, aha!”

^16aLet all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

Let those who love Your salvation ^bsay continually,

“Yahweh be magnified!”

¹⁷As for me, ^aI am afflicted and needy,

^1bMay the Lord think of me.

You are my help and the One who rescues me;

Do not delay, O my God.