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40:1  For the music director, a psalm of David.
40:2  I waited patiently for Adonai. He bent down to me and heard my cry.
40:3  He brought me up out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire. Then He set my feet on a rock. He made my steps firm.
40:4  He put a new song in my mouth— a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and trust in Adonai.
40:5  Blessed is the one who put his confidence in Adonai, who has not turned to the arrogant, nor to those who fall into falsehood.
40:6  Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count!
40:7  Sacrifice and offering You did not desire —my ears You have opened— burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
40:8  Then I said: “Here I am, I have come— in the scroll of a book it is written about me.
40:9  I delight to do Your will, O my God. Yes, Your Torah is within my being.”
40:10  I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I am not shutting my lips— Adonai, You know!
40:11  I did not hide Your righteousness within my heart. Rather I declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I did not conceal Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
40:12  Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect me.
40:13  For evils beyond number surround me, my sins have overtaken me —I cannot see— they are more than the hairs of my head —and my heart fails me.
40:14  Adonai, please deliver me! Adonai, come quickly to help me!
40:15  Let those who seek my life to sweep it away be put to shame and humiliated. Let those who wish me evil be turned back in disgrace.
40:16  Let those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled over their own shame.
40:17  Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. Let those who love Your salvation continually say: “Adonai be magnified!”