Psalms 40
40
PSALM 40
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1I waited for the Lord my God,
and patiently did bear;
At length to me he did incline
my voice and cry to hear.
2He took me from a fearful pit,
and from the miry clay,
And on a rock he set my feet,
establishing my way.
3He put a new song in my mouth,
our God to magnify:
Many shall see it, and shall fear,
and on the Lord rely.
4O blessed is the man whose trust
upon the Lord relies;
Respecting not the proud, nor such
as turn aside to lies.
5O Lord my God, full many are
the wonders thou hast done;
Thy gracious thoughts to us-ward far
above all thoughts are gone:
In order none can reckon them
to thee: if them declare,
And speak of them I would, they more
than can be number'd are.
6No sacrifice nor offering
didst thou at all desire;
Mine ears thou bor'd: sin-off 'ring thou
and burnt didst not require:
7Then to the Lord these were my words,
I come, behold and see;
Within the volume of the book
it written is of me:
8To do thy will I take delight,
O thou my God that art;
Yea, that most holy law of thine
I have within my heart.
9Within the congregation great
I righteousness did preach:
Lo, thou dost know, O Lord, that I
refrained not my speech.
10I never did within my heart
conceal thy righteousness;
I thy salvation have declar'd,
and shown thy faithfulness:
Thy kindness, which most loving is,
concealed have not I,
Nor from the congregation great
have hid thy verity.
11Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me
O do thou not restrain;
Thy loving-kindness, and thy truth,
let them me still maintain.
12For ills past reck'ning compass me,
and mine iniquities
Such hold upon me taken have,
I cannot lift mine eyes:
They more than hairs are on mine head,
thence is my heart dismay'd.
13Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;
Lord, hasten to mine aid.
14Sham'd and confounded be they all
that seek my soul to kill;
Yea, let them backward driven be,
and sham'd, that wish me ill.
15For a reward of this their shame
confounded let them be.
That in this manner scoffing say,
Aha, aha! to me.
16In thee let all be glad, and joy,
who seeking thee abide;
Who thy salvation love, say still,
The Lord be magnify'd.
17I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord
of me a care doth take:
Thou art my help and saviour,
my God, no tarrying make.
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Psalms 40
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PSALM 40
1 For victory, the psalm of David. I abiding abode the Lord; and he gave attention to me. And he heard my prayers;
2and he led out me from the pit of wretchedness, and from the filth of dregs. And he ordained my feet on a stone; and he dressed my goings.
3And he sent into my mouth a new song; a song to our God. Many men shall see, and dread; and shall hope in the Lord.
4Blessed is the man, of whom the name of the Lord is his hope; and he beheld not into vanities, and into false vengeances.
5My Lord God, thou hast made thy marvels many; and in thy thoughts none is, that is like thee toward us. I told and I spake; and they be multiplied above number.
6Thou wouldest or desiredest not sacrifice and offering; but thou madest perfectly ears to me. Thou askedest not burnt sacrifice, and other sacrifice for sin;
7then I said, Lo! I come. In the head of the book it is written of me,
8that I should do thy will; my God, I would also to do it; and thy law in the midst of mine heart.
9I told thy rightfulness [or rightwise-ness] in a great church; lo! I shall not refrain my lips, Lord, thou knewest.
10I hid not thy rightfulness [or right-wiseness] in mine heart; I said thy truth and thine health. I hid not thy mercy, and thy truth, from a much council.
11But thou, Lord, make not far thy merciful doings from me; thy mercy and truth ever[more] take me up.
12For why evils, of which is no number, encompassed me; my wicked-nesses have taken me, and I might not, that I should see. Those [or They] be multiplied above the hairs of mine head; and mine heart forsook me.
13Lord, please it to thee, that thou deliver me; Lord, behold thou to help me#40:13 Compare Psalm 40:13-17 to Psalm 70:1-5..
14Be they shamed, and ashamed together; that seek my life, to take away it. Be they turned aback, and be they shamed or ashamed; that will or desire evils to me.
15Bear they their confusion anon; that say to me, Well! well! in scorn.
16All men that seek thee, be fully joyful [or full out joy], and be glad in thee; and say they, that love thine health, The Lord be magnified ever-[more].
17Forsooth I am a beggar and poor; the Lord is busy of me. Thou art mine helper and my defender; my God, tarry thou not.
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