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Psalms Chapter 40

1aTo the choirmaster.↑

A Psalm of David.

1bI fervently put hope in the Lord,

And he turned to me

And heard my crying out.

2And he brought me up out of a deadly pit,

Out of the miry mud,

And he raised my feet onto a rock,

And he directed my steps.

3And he put a new song in my mouth

– A psalm to our God.

Many will see and fear

And trust in the Lord.

4Happy is the man

Who has made the Lord the object of his trust

And who has not turned to the insolent,

Nor to those who turn aside to dishonesty.

5O Lord my God,

Your wondrous works which you have performed

Are many,

And your thoughts to us are beyond compare.

I will announce them and speak of them,

Although they are too great to relate.

6You do not desire sacrifice or offering;

You have opened my ears.

You have not asked for burnt offering or sin-offering.

7Then I said,

“Behold, I have come.

In the scroll of the book it stands written concerning me:

8‘I delight to do your will,

O God of mine,

And your law is in my inner parts.’ ”

9I have brought good tidings of righteousness,

In a great convocation;

Look, I have not held my lips back.

O Lord, you know.

10I have not concealed your righteousness inside my heart,

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;

I have not hidden away your kindness or your truth

From a great convocation.

11O Lord, you do not hold back your mercies from me;

Your kindness and your truth always guard me.

12For innumerable evils have surrounded me.

My iniquities have caught up with me,

So that I am unable to see.

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has deserted me.

13Be willing, O Lord, to deliver me;

O Lord, hasten to my assistance.

14May those who seek to destroy my life

Be completely ashamed and disgraced.

May those who delight in my harm

Be driven back

And be made ignominious.

15May those who say to me, “Ha, ha”

Be devastated on account of their shame.

16May all those who seek you exult

And rejoice in you.

May those who love your salvation always say,

“Let the Lord be magnified.”

17But I am poor and needy,

Yet the Lord* considers me.

You are my helper and my deliverer.

O God of mine, do not delay.

Reference(s) in Chapter 40: v.6 ↔ Hebrews 10:5, Hebrews 10:6, Hebrews 10:8 ● v.7 ↔ Hebrews 10:7, Hebrews 10:9 ● v.8 ↔ Hebrews 10:9.

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