Psalms 40

1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

1I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.

2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

3The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah.

4The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.

4Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

5Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward: They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

6My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

6Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

7And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.

7Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:

8All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

9They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?

9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.

10For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.

10I 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 assembly.

11But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.

11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.

12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

13But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.

13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

14Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

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15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha.

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16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified.

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17But I am poor and needy; Yetthe Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.