a Ps 25:5; 27:14; 37:7
c Ps 34:15
d Ps 69:2, 14; Jer 38:6
f Ps 27:5
g Ps 37:23
h Ps 32:7; 33:3
i Ps 52:6; 64:9
j Ps 34:8; 84:12
k Job 37:24
m Ps 125:5
n Job 5:9; Ps 136:4
o Ps 139:17; Is 55:8
p Ps 71:15; 139:18
r 1 Sam 15:22; Ps 51:16; Is 1:11; Jer 6:20; 7:22, 23; Amos 5:22; Mic 6:6-8; Heb 10:5-7
u John 4:34
v Ps 37:31; Jer 31:33; 2 Cor 3:3
w Ps 22:22, 25
x Ps 119:13
y Josh 22:22; Ps 139:4
z Acts 20:20, 27
aa Ps 89:1
ac Ps 43:3; 57:3; 61:7; Prov 20:28
ad Ps 18:5; 116:3
ae Ps 38:4; 65:3
af Ps 69:4
ag Ps 73:26
ai Ps 70:1
aj Ps 22:19; 71:12
ak Ps 35:4, 26; 70:2; 71:13
al Ps 63:9
ao Ps 70:3
aq Ps 35:21; 70:3
ar Ps 70:4
as Ps 35:27
at Ps 70:5; 86:1; 109:22
av Ps 40:5; 1 Pet 5:7

‏ Psalms 40

God Sustains His Servant.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 I awaited ▼
▼ Or intently
patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and cheard my cry.
 2He brought me up out of the dpit of destruction, out of the ▼
▼ Lit mud of the mire
miry clay,
And fHe set my feet upon a rock gmaking my footsteps firm.
 3He put a hnew song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will isee and fear
And will trust in the Lord.

 4How jblessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And khas not ▼
▼ Lit regard
turned to the proud, nor to those who mlapse into falsehood.
 5Many, O Lord my God, are nthe wonders which You have done,
And Your othoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They pwould be too numerous to count.

 6 ▼
▼ I.e. Blood sacrifice
 , rSacrifice and meal offering 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 uI delight to do Your will, O my God;
vYour Law is within my heart.”

 9I have wproclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will xnot restrain my lips,
O Lord, yYou know.
 10I have znot hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have aaspoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

 11You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
▼
▼ Or May...preserve
Your aclovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
 12For evils beyond number have adsurrounded me;
My aeiniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are afmore numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my agheart has ▼
▼ Lit forsaken
failed me.

 13 aiBe pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
Make ajhaste, O Lord, to help me.
 14Let those be akashamed and humiliated together
Who alseek my ▼
▼ Or soul
life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight ▼
▼ Or to injure me
in my hurt.
 15Let those aobe ▼
▼ Or desolated
appalled because of their shame
Who aqsay to me, “Aha, aha!”
 16 arLet all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation assay continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
 17Since atI am afflicted and needy,
▼
▼ Or The Lord is mindful
 , avLet the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
Copyright information for NASB1995