Psalm 40

PSALM 40

God Sustains His Servant.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

¹I ^awaited ¹patiently for the Lord;

And He inclined to me and ^bheard my cry.

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

And ^bHe set my feet upon a rock ^cmaking my footsteps firm.

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

Many will ^bsee and fear

And will trust in the Lord.

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

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

⁵Many, O Lord my God, are ^athe wonders which You have done,

And Your ^bthoughts toward us;

There is none to compare with You.

If I would declare and speak of them,

They ^cwould be too numerous to count.

^61aSacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;

My ears You have ²opened;

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.

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

^bYour Law is within my heart.”

⁹I have ^aproclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;

Behold, I will ^bnot restrain my lips,

O Lord, ^cYou know.

¹⁰I have ^anot hidden Your righteousness within my heart;

I have ^bspoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;

I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

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

¹Your ^alovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve 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 Lord, to deliver me;

Make ^bhaste, O Lord, to help me.

¹⁴Let those be ^aashamed and humiliated together

Who ^bseek my ¹life to destroy it;

Let those be turned back and dishonored

Who delight ²in my hurt.

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,

“The Lord be magnified!”

¹⁷Since ^aI am afflicted and needy,

^1bLet the Lord be mindful of me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

Do not delay, O my God.