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
40
Faith Persevering in Trial
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1I #Ps. 25:5; 27:14; 37:7waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
2He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of #Ps. 69:2, 14; Jer. 38:6the miry clay,
And #Ps. 27:5set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3#Ps. 32:7; 33:3He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
4#Ps. 34:8; 84:12Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5#Job 9:10Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
#Ps. 139:17; (Is. 55:8)And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.
6#(1 Sam. 15:22); Ps. 51:16; Is. 1:11; (Jer. 6:20; 7:22, 23); Amos 5:22; (Mic. 6:6–8; Heb. 10:5–9)Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
7Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8#(Matt. 26:39; John 4:34; 6:38); Heb. 10:7I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is #(Ps. 37:31; Jer. 31:33; 2 Cor. 3:3)within my heart.”
9#Ps. 22:22, 25I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, #Ps. 119:13I do not restrain my lips,
O Lord, You Yourself know.
10#Acts 20:20, 27I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.
11Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
#Ps. 61:7; Prov. 20:28Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
12For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
#Ps. 38:4; 65:3My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.
13#Ps. 70:1Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me!
14#Ps. 35:4, 26; 70:2; 71:13Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.
15Let them be #Ps. 73:19confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16#Ps. 70:4Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation #Ps. 35:27say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
17#Ps. 70:5; 86:1; 109:22But I am poor and needy;
#Ps. 40:5; 1 Pet. 5:7Yet the Lord thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
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