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40:1  To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
40:2  He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
40:3  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.
40:4  Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after false gods!
40:5  Thou hast multiplied, O Lord my God, thy wondrous deeds and thy thoughts toward us; none can compare with thee! Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be numbered.
40:6  Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.
40:7  Then I said, “Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me;
40:8  I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart.”
40:9  I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O Lord.
40:10  I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.
40:11  Do not thou, O Lord, withhold thy mercy from me, let thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness ever preserve me!
40:12  For evils have encompassed me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, till I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
40:13  Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help me!
40:14  Let them be put to shame and confusion altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who desire my hurt!
40:15  Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
40:16  But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
40:17  As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord takes thought for me. Thou art my help and my deliverer; do not tarry, O my God!