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Of David. A Psalm.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I hoped <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>earnestly for Yahweh; <p class="indent2">And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>miry clay, <p class="indent2">And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; <p class="indent2">Many will see and fear <p class="indent2">And will trust in Yahweh. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust, <p class="indent2">And has not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, <p class="indent2">And Your thoughts toward us; <p class="indent2">There is none to compare with You. <p class="indent2">I would declare and speak of them, <p class="indent2"><i>But</i> they are too numerous to recount. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Sacrifice and meal offering <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>You have not desired; <p class="indent2">My ears You have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>opened; <p class="indent2">Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then I said, “Behold, I come; <p class="indent2">In the scroll of the book it is <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>written of me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I desire to do Your will, O my God; <p class="indent2">Your law is within my inner being.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly; <p class="indent2">Behold, I do not restrain my lips, <p class="indent2">O Yahweh, You know. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; <p class="indent2">I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; <p class="indent2">I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For evils beyond number have surrounded me; <p class="indent2">My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; <p class="indent2">They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, <p class="indent2">And my heart has <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>failed me. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me; <p class="indent2">Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Let those be ashamed and humiliated together <p class="indent2">Who seek my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life to sweep it away; <p class="indent2">Let those be turned back and dishonored <p class="indent2">Who delight in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>evil <i>against</i> me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let those be <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>appalled because of their shame <p class="indent2">Who say to me, “Aha, aha!” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; <p class="indent2">Let those who love Your salvation say continually, <p class="indent2">“Yahweh be magnified!” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As for me, I am afflicted and needy, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>May the Lord think of me. <p class="indent2">You are my help and the One who rescues me; <p class="indent2">Do not delay, O my God.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>intently</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>mud of the mire</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>regarded</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Blood sacrifice<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>You have not taken pleasure in</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>dug</i>; or possibly <i>pierced</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>prescribed for</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>May...guard me</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>forsaken</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>my calamity</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>desolated</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>The Lord is mindful</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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