Psalms 40

God Sustains His Servant.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

1 I ^awaited ▼

▼Or intently

patiently for the Lord;
And He reached down to me and ^cheard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the ^dpit of ▼

▼Lit wasteland; i.e., the underworld

destruction, out of the mud;
And ^fHe set my feet on a rock, ^gmaking my footsteps firm.
3 He put a ^hnew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will ⁱsee and fear
And will trust in the Lord.

4 How ^jblessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And ^khas not turned to the ▼

▼Or enemies

proud, nor to those who ^mbecome involved in falsehood.
5 Many, Lord my God, are ⁿthe wonders which You have done,
And Your ^othoughts toward us;
There is no one to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They ^pwould be too numerous to count.

6 ^qYou have not desired ▼

▼I.e., blood sacrifice

sacrifice and meal offering;
You have ▼

▼Lit dug; or possibly pierced

opened my ears;
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
It is ▼

▼Or prescribed for

written of me in the scroll of the book.
8 “ ^uI delight to do Your will, my God;
^vYour Law is within my ▼

▼Lit inner being

heart.”

9 I have ^xproclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will ^ynot restrain my lips,
Lord, ^zYou know.
10 I have ^aanot hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have ^abspoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.

11 You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
▼

▼Or May...preserve

Your ^admercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.
12 For evils beyond number have ^aesurrounded me;
My ^afguilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are ^agmore numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my ^ahheart has ▼

▼Lit forsaken

failed me.

13 ^ajBe pleased, Lord, to rescue me;
^akHurry, Lord, to help me.
14 May those be ^alashamed and humiliated together
Who ^amseek my ▼

▼Or soul

life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight ▼

▼Or to injure me

in my hurt.
15 May those ^apbe ▼

▼Or desolated

appalled because of their shame
Who ^arsay to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 ^asMay all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
May those who love Your salvation continually ^atsay,
“The Lord be exalted!”
17 But ^auI am afflicted and needy;
^avMay the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my savior;
Do not delay, my God.