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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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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="../">Brenton</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/40-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">I Waited Patiently for the LORD<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:1)</font> For the end, a Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and hearkened to my supplication.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:2)</font> And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:3)</font> And he put a new song into my mouth, <i>even</i> a hymn to our God: many shall see <i>it</i>, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:4)</font> Blessed <i>is</i> the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and <i>who</i> has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:5)</font> O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke <i>of them</i>: they exceeded number.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:6)</font> Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and <i>sacrifice</i> for sin thou didst not require.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:7)</font> Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:8)</font> I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:9)</font> I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:10)</font> I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:11)</font> But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:12)</font> For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:13)</font> Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:14)</font> Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:15)</font> Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:16)</font> Let all those that seek thee, O Lord, exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/40-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><font color=blue>(39:17)</font> But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 41"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 41" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>