Psalms 40
Psalm 40
The One Who Rescues Me
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.
1I hoped ▼▼Or intently
earnestly for Yahweh;And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the ▼
▼Lit mud of the mire
miry clay,And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in Yahweh.
4How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust,
And has not ▼
▼Lit regarded
turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.5Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
I would declare and speak of them,
But they are too numerous to recount.
6 ▼
▼Blood sacrifice
Sacrifice and meal offering ▼▼Or You have not taken pleasure in
You have not desired;My ears You have ▼
▼Lit dug; or possibly pierced
opened;Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is ▼
▼Or prescribed for
written of me.8“I desire to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my inner being.”
9I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly;
Behold, I do not restrain my lips,
O Yahweh, You know.
10I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart;
I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
11You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
▼
▼ Or May...guard me
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.12For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has ▼
▼Lit forsaken
failed me.13Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me;
Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
14Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my ▼
▼Or soul
life to sweep it away;Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in ▼
▼Or my calamity
evil against me.15Let those be ▼
▼Or desolated
appalled because of their shameWho say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“Yahweh be magnified!”
17As for me, I am afflicted and needy,
▼
▼ Or The Lord is mindful
May the Lord think of me.You are my help and the One who rescues me;
Do not delay, O my God.
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