Psalms 40
I Waited Patiently for the LORD
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.2He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
3Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
4Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us — none can compare to You — if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
5Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
6Then I said, “Here I am, I have come — it is written about me in the scroll:
7I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
8I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
9I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
10O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
11For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
12Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
13May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
14May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
15May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
16But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.