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PSA 40:1
Psalm 40:1 |
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I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry. |
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PSA 40:2
Psalm 40:2 |
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He brought me up also out of an horrible pit,
out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. |
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PSA 40:3
Psalm 40:3 |
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And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even
praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. |
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PSA 40:4
Psalm 40:4 |
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Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his
trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. |
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PSA 40:5
Psalm 40:5 |
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Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works
which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned
up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than
can be numbered. |
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PSA 40:6
Psalm 40:6 |
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Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. |
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PSA 40:7
Psalm 40:7 |
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Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the
book it is written of me, |
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PSA 40:8
Psalm 40:8 |
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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy
law is within my heart. |
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PSA 40:9
Psalm 40:9 |
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I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. |
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PSA 40:10
Psalm 40:10 |
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I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness
and thy truth from the great congregation. |
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PSA 40:11
Psalm 40:11 |
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Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me,
O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. |
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PSA 40:12
Psalm 40:12 |
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For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they
are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. |
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PSA 40:13
Psalm 40:13 |
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make
haste to help me. |
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PSA 40:14
Psalm 40:14 |
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together
that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to
shame that wish me evil. |
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PSA 40:15
Psalm 40:15 |
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Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
that say unto me, Aha, aha. |
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PSA 40:16
Psalm 40:16 |
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Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be
glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. |
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PSA 40:17
Psalm 40:17 |
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But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh
upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. |
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