Psalm 40:1-17
To the director. Of David. A melody.
40 I earnestly hoped in* Jehovah,And he inclined his ear* to me and heard my cry for help.+
2 He brought me up out of a roaring pit,Out of the slimy mire.
And he set my feet upon a crag;He made my footing secure.
3 Then he put a new song in my mouth,+Praise to our God.
Many will look on in aweAnd put their trust in Jehovah.
4 Happy is the man who trusts in JehovahAnd who does not look to the defiant or to those who are false.*
5 How many things you have done,O Jehovah my God,Your wonderful works and your thoughts toward us.+
None can compare to you;+If I were to try to tell and speak of them,They would be too numerous to recount!+
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,*+But you opened up my ears to hear.+
You did not ask for burnt offerings and sin offerings.+
7 Then I said: “Look, I have come.
In the scroll* it is written about me.+
8 To do your will, O my God, is my delight,*+And your law is deep within me.+
9 I proclaim the good news of righteousness in the great congregation.+
Look! I do not restrain my lips,+O Jehovah, as you well know.
10 I do not cover over your righteousness in my heart.
I declare your faithfulness and salvation.
I do not hide your loyal love and your truth in the great congregation.”+
11 O Jehovah, do not withhold your mercy from me.
May your loyal love and your truth constantly safeguard me.+
12 The calamities surrounding me are too many to count.+
So many of my errors overwhelm me that I cannot see my way;+They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,And I have lost heart.
13 Please be willing, O Jehovah, to save me.+
O Jehovah, hurry to help me.+
14 May all those seeking to take my life*Be put to shame and disgraced.
May those who delight in my calamityRetreat in humiliation.
15 May those who are saying to me: “Aha! Aha!”
Be appalled because of their own shame.
16 But let those seeking you+Exult and rejoice in you.+
May those who love your acts of salvation always say:
“May Jehovah be magnified.”+
17 But I am helpless and poor;May Jehovah pay attention to me.
You are my helper and my rescuer;+My God, do not delay.+
Footnotes
^ Or “waited patiently for.”
^ Or “bent down to listen.”
^ Or “to liars.”
^ Or “delight in.”
^ Lit., “the scroll of the book.”
^ Or “desire.”
^ Or “soul.”
