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            <div class="label">40</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 40</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I waited patiently for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">he turned to me and heard my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He lifted me out of the slimy pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">out of the mud and mire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">he set my feet on a rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">and gave me a firm place to stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He put a new song in my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">a hymn of praise to our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">Many will see and fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">and put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who does not look to the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">to those who turn aside to false gods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">are the wonders you have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">the things you planned for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">None can compare with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">were I to speak and tell of your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">they would be too many to declare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sacrifice and offering you did not desire&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">but my ears you have opened</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but a body you have prepared for me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">burnt offerings and sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> you did not require.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">it is written about me in the scroll.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">come / with the scroll written for me</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I desire to do your will, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">your law is within my heart.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">I do not seal my lips, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">as you know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">from the great assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not withhold your mercy from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">may your love and faithfulness always protect me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For troubles without number surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">They are more than the hairs of my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">and my heart fails within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be pleased to save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">come quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May all who want to take my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">may all who desire my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be turned back in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May those who say to me, &#8220;Aha! Aha!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">be appalled at their own shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But may all who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">rejoice and be glad in you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">may those who long for your saving help always say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But as for me, I am poor and needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">may the Lord think of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">You are my help and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">you are my God, do not delay.</span></span></div>
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