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40:1  For the director. A psalm of David.
40:2  I waited patiently for the Lord; then he stooped down and heard my cry.
40:3  He raised me up from the desolate pit, out of the mire of the swamp; he set my feet upon a rock, giving me a firm footing.
40:4  He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will look on and be awestruck, and they will place their trust in the Lord.
40:5  Blessed is the man who places his trust in the Lord, who does not follow the arrogant or those who go astray after falsehoods.
40:6  How innumerable, O Lord, my God, are the wonders you have worked; no one can compare with you in the plans you have made for us. I would proclaim them and recount them, but there are far too many to enumerate.
40:7  Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you have made my ears receptive. Burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not demand.
40:8  Then I said, “Behold I come; it is written of me in the scroll of the book.
40:9  To do your will, O God, is my delight; your law is in my heart.”
40:10  I have proclaimed your righteousness in the great assembly; I did not seal my lips, as you well know, O Lord.
40:11  I have not concealed your righteousness within the depths of my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and salvation. I have not concealed your kindness and your truth in the great assembly.
40:12  O Lord, do not withhold your mercy from me; may your kindness and your truth keep me safe forever.
40:13  I am surrounded by evils without number; my sins have so engulfed me that I cannot see. They outnumber the hairs on my head, and my heart sinks within me.
40:14  Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me O Lord, come quickly to my aid.
40:15  May all those who seek to take my life endure shame and confusion. May all those who desire my ruin be turned back and humiliated.
40:16  May those who cry out to me, “Aha, aha!” be overcome with shame and dismay.
40:17  But may all who seek you rejoice in you and be jubilant. May those who love your salvation cry out forever, “The Lord be magnified.”