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Psalm 40:3

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40:3He gave me reason to sing a new song,5

praising our God.6

May many see what God has done,

so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord!7

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Psalm 40:2–3: He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 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 the LORD.

Footnotes

  1. 5 A new song was appropriate because the Lord had intervened in the psalmist’s experience in a fresh and exciting way.
  2. 6 Heb “and he placed in my mouth a new song, praise to our God.”
  3. 7 Heb “may many see and fear and trust in the Lord.” The translation assumes that the initial prefixed verbal form is a jussive (“may many see”), rather than an imperfect (“many will see”). The following prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive are taken as indicating purpose or result (“so that they might swear allegiance … and trust”) after the introductory jussive.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He put a new song in my mouth,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord

and put their trust in him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He put a new song in my mouth,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear,

and they will trust in the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

He has given me a new song to sing,

a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see what he has done and be amazed.

They will put their trust in the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then he put a new song in my mouth,

a praise to our God.

Many will see and fear,

and will trust Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.