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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 40 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/40.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/40-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Psalm 40</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/39.htm" title="Psalm 39">◄</a> Psalm 40 <a href="../psalms/41.htm" title="Psalm 41">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/psalms/40.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">My Help and My Deliverer</p><subheading class="psalm-title">To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.</subheading><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I waited patiently for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">he inclined to me and heard my cry.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He drew me up from the pit of destruction,</span><br /><span class="indent">out of the miry bog,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and set my feet upon a rock,</span><br /><span class="indent">making my steps secure.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He put a new song in my mouth,</span><br /><span class="indent">a song of praise to our God.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Many will see and fear,</span><br /><span class="indent">and put their trust in the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Blessed is the man who makes</span><br /><span class="indent">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his trust,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">who does not turn to the proud,</span><br /><span class="indent">to those who go astray after a lie!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You have multiplied, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God,</span><br /><span class="indent">your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;</span><br /><span class="indent">none can compare with you!</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will proclaim and tell of them,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet they are more than can be told.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,</span><br /><span class="indent">but you have given me an open ear.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew ears you have dug for me">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">Burnt offering and sin offering</span><br /><span class="indent">you have not required.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then I said, “Behold, I have come;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the scroll of the book it is written of me:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I delight to do your will, O my God;</span><br /><span class="indent">your law is within my heart.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I have told the glad news of deliverance<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">in the great congregation;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">behold, I have not restrained my lips,</span><br /><span class="indent">as you know, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;</span><br /><span class="indent">I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness</span><br /><span class="indent">from the great congregation.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As for you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you will not restrain</span><br /><span class="indent">your mercy from me;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your steadfast love and your faithfulness will</span><br /><span class="indent">ever preserve me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For evils have encompassed me</span><br /><span class="indent">beyond number;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">my iniquities have overtaken me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I cannot see;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they are more than the hairs of my head;</span><br /><span class="indent">my heart fails me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be pleased, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to deliver me!</span><br /><span class="indent">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, make haste to help me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether</span><br /><span class="indent">who seek to snatch away my life;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">let those be turned back and brought to dishonor</span><br /><span class="indent">who delight in my hurt!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Let those be appalled because of their shame</span><br /><span class="indent">who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But may all who seek you</span><br /><span class="indent">rejoice and be glad in you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">may those who love your salvation</span><br /><span class="indent">say continually, “Great is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">As for me, I am poor and needy,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the Lord takes thought for me.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">You are my help and my deliverer;</span><br /><span class="indent">do not delay, O my God!</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Hebrew <i>ears you have dug for me</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Hebrew <i>righteousness</i>; 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