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Psalms 40

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1

I  awaited  1patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and  bheard my cry.

2

He brought me up out of the  apit of destruction, out of the  1miry clay, And  bHe set my feet upon a rock  cmaking my footsteps firm.

3

He put a  anew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will  bsee and fear And will trust in the LORD.

4

How  ablessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And  bhas not  1turned to the proud, nor to those who  clapse into falsehood.

5

Many, O LORD my God, are  athe wonders which You have done, And Your  bthoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They  cwould be too numerous to count.

6

 1 aSacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have  2opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

7

Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is  1written of me.

8

 aI delight to do Your will, O my God;  bYour Law is within my heart."

9

I have  aproclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will  bnot restrain my lips, O LORD,  cYou know.

10

I have  anot hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have  bspoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

11

You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;  1Your  alovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

12

For evils beyond number have  asurrounded me; My  biniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are  cmore numerous than the hairs of my head, And my  dheart has  1failed me.

13

 aBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Make  bhaste, O LORD, to help me.

14

Let those be  aashamed and humiliated together Who  bseek my  1life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight  2in my hurt.

15

Let those  abe  1appalled because of their shame Who  bsay to me, "Aha, aha!"

16

 aLet all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation  bsay continually, "The LORD be magnified!"

17

Since  aI am afflicted and needy,  1 bLet the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.



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