Psalm 40

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1  I †awaited patiently for the Lord;

And he inclined unto me, and bheard my cry.

2  He 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.

3  And 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.

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

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

5  Many, 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.

6  qSacrifice 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 rvolume of the book it is swritten of me,

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

Yea, thy law is †uwithin my heart.

9  I have preached righteousness win the great congregation:

Lo, xI have not yrefrained my lips,

O Lord, zthou 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 uthe great congregation.

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

Let athy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12  For 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.

13  Be pleased, O Lord, eto deliver me:

O Lord, fmake haste to help me.

14  gLet 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 hdesolate for a reward of their shame

That isay unto me, Aha, aha.

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

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

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

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

Make no tarrying, O my God.