Psa 40 | LSB | STEP | For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.

Psalms 40

Psalm 40

The One Who Rescues Me

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

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