PsalmsChapter 40

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¹For the music leader. A psalm of David.
I waited with patience for the LORD.
He turned to me and heard my cry. ²He lifted me up out of the pit of despair,
out of the muddy clay.
He set my feet on a rock.
He made my steps firm. ³He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see it and fear.
They will put their trust in the LORD. ⁴Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD.
He has not turned to the proud.
He has not turned to those who go after lies. ⁵LORD my God, you have done many wonders.
You have many plans for us.
No one can compare to you!
If I tried to tell about them all,
there would be too many to count. ⁶You did not want sacrifices and offerings.
But you have opened my ears.
You did not ask for burnt offerings and sin offerings. ⁷Then I said, "Here I am. I have come.
It is written about me in the scroll: ⁸I love to do what you want, my God.
Your law is in my heart." ⁹I tell about what is right in the great gathering.
Look, I do not keep my lips shut.
LORD, you know this. ¹⁰I have not hidden your righteousness in my heart.
I have told about your faithfulness and how you save.
I have not kept your faithful love and truth
hidden from the great gathering. ¹¹LORD, do not hold back your mercy from me.
Your faithful love and truth will always keep me safe. ¹²For troubles too many to count are all around me.
My sins have caught up with me, so I can't see.
They are more than the hairs on my head.
My heart has given up inside me. ¹³LORD, please be willing to save me.
LORD, hurry to help me. ¹⁴May those who want to kill me be put to shame and confused.
May those who want to hurt me be turned back and disgraced. ¹⁵Some say to me, "Aha, aha!"
May they be shocked by their own shame. ¹⁶May all who look for you be full of joy and glad in you.
May those who love how you save always say,
"The LORD is great!" ¹⁷But I am poor and needy.
May the Lord think about me.
You are my helper and the one who rescues me.
My God, do not wait.