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A Psalm of David.<p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext">2</span>I waited patiently for the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay;</div><div class="po2">And He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-3.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; Many shall see, and fear,</div><div class="po2">And shall trust in the LORD.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-4.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Happy is the man that hath made the LORD his trust,</div><div class="po2">And hath not turned unto the arrogant, nor unto such as fall away treacherously.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-5.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Many things hast Thou done, O LORD my God,</div><div class="po2">Even Thy wonderful works, and Thy thoughts toward us;</div><div class="po2">There is none to be compared unto Thee!</div><div class="po2">If I would declare and speak of them,</div><div class="po2">They are more than can be told.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in;</div><div class="po2">Mine ears hast Thou opened;</div><div class="po2">Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-7.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then said I: ‘Lo, I am come</div><div class="po2">With the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-8.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I delight to do Thy will, O my God;</div><div class="po2">Yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-9.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I have preached righteousness in the great congregation,</div><div class="po2">Lo, I did not refrain my lips;</div><div class="po2">O LORD, Thou knowest.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-10.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart;</div><div class="po2">I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation;</div><div class="po2">I have not concealed Thy mercy and Thy truth from the great congregation.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Thou, O LORD, wilt not withhold Thy compassions from me;</div><div class="po2">Let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually preserve me.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For innumerable evils have compassed me about,</div><div class="po2">Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;</div><div class="po2">They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-13.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;</div><div class="po2">O LORD, make haste to help me.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-14.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let them be ashamed and abashed together</div><div class="po2">That seek after my soul to sweep it away;</div><div class="po2">Let them be turned backward and brought to confusion</div><div class="po2">That delight in my hurt.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-15.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let them be appalled by reason of their shame</div><div class="po2">That say unto me: ‘Aha, aha.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-16.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee;</div><div class="po2">Let such as love Thy salvation say continually:</div><div class="po2">‘The LORD be magnified.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-17.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But, as for me, that am poor and needy,</div><div class="po2">The Lord will account it unto me;</div><div class="po2">Thou art my help and my deliverer;</div><div class="po2">O my God, tarry not.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/39.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 39"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 39" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/41.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' 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