Psalms

40 0 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1 ¹I ^aWAITED patiently for the LORD; and ^bhe inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 He brought me up also ^cout of ²an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and ^dset my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3 And he hath ^eput a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: ^fmany shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

4 ^gBlessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and ^hrespecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 Many, ⁱO LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are ^*to us-ward: ³they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6 ^jSacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou ⁴opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: ^kin the ^*volume of the book it is written of me,

8 I ^ldelight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is ⁵within my heart.

9 I ^mhave preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not ⁿrefrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10 I have not hid ^othy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy ^pfaithfulness and thy ^qsalvation: I have not concealed thy ^rlovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Withhold ^snot thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: ^tlet thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12 For ^uinnumerable evils ^vhave ^*compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart ⁶faileth me.

13 Be ^wpleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 Let ^xthem be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; ^ylet them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

15 Let ^zthem be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

16 Let ^aall those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love ^bthy salvation say continually, ^cThe LORD be magnified.

17 But ^dI am poor and needy; yet ^ethe Lord thinketh upon me: thou art ^fmy help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.