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40:1  For the leader. A psalm of David.
40:2  Surely, I wait for the Lord; who bends down to me and hears my cry,
40:3  Draws me up from the pit of destruction, out of the muddy clay, Sets my feet upon rock, steadies my steps,
40:4  And puts a new song in my mouth, a hymn to our God. Many shall look on in fear and they shall trust in the Lord.
40:5  Blessed the man who sets his security in the Lord, who turns not to the arrogant or to those who stray after falsehood.
40:6  You, yes you, O Lord, my God, have done many wondrous deeds! And in your plans for us there is none to equal you. Should I wish to declare or tell them, too many are they to recount.
40:7  Sacrifice and offering you do not want; you opened my ears. Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;
40:8  so I said, “See; I come with an inscribed scroll written upon me.
40:9  I delight to do your will, my God; your law is in my inner being!”
40:10  When I sing of your righteousness in a great assembly, See, I do not restrain my lips; as you, Lord, know.
40:11  I do not conceal your righteousness within my heart; I speak of your loyalty and your salvation. I do not hide your mercy or faithfulness from a great assembly.
40:12  Lord, may you not withhold your compassion from me; May your mercy and your faithfulness continually protect me.
40:13  But evils surround me until they cannot be counted. My sins overtake me, so that I can no longer see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head; my courage fails me.
40:14  Lord, graciously rescue me! Come quickly to help me, Lord!
40:15  May those who seek to destroy my life be shamed and confounded. Turn back in disgrace those who desire my ruin.
40:16  Let those who say to me “Aha!” Be made desolate on account of their shame.
40:17  While those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. May those who long for your salvation always say, “The Lord is great.”