Psalms 40
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Psalm 40
Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 #
Ps 27.14; 34.15 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
2 #
Ps 27.5; 69.2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,#40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
3 #
Ps 33.3
He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 #
Ps 84.12
Happy are those who make
the Lord their trust,
who do not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after false gods.
5 #
Ps 136.4; 139.18; Isa 55.8 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
they would be more than can be counted.
6 #
1 Sam 15.22
Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.#40.6 Heb ears you have dug for me
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7Then I said, “Here I am;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me.#40.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
8 #
Ps 37.31; Jn 4.34; Rom 7.22 I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.”
9 #
Ps 22.22; 119.13 I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
10 #
Ps 89.1; Acts 20.20 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 #
Ps 43.3
Do not, O Lord, withhold
your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
keep me safe forever.
12 #
Ps 38.4; 69.4; 73.26; 116.3 For evils have encompassed me
without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me
until I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head,
and my heart fails me.
13 #
Ps 70.1
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
14 #
Ps 35.4; 63.9 Let all those be put to shame and confusion
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
who desire my hurt.
15 #
Ps 70.3
Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 #
Ps 35.27; 70.4 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 #
Ps 70.5
As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God.
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