Psalms 40

1Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.

1To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,

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

2And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation--from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps.

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 putteth in my mouth a new song, `Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.

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

4O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies.

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

5Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

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

6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

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 have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

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

8To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law <FI>is<Fi> within my heart.

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

9I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

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

10Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.

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

11Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.

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

12For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken 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, O Jehovah, for my help make haste.

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

14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

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15They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, `Aha, aha.'

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16All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, `Jehovah is magnified.'

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17And I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer <FI>art<Fi> Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.