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40:1  (40:2)(For the one directing, Of Dovid. Mizmor) I waited patiently for Hashem; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
40:2  Hashem brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
40:3  And He hath put a shir chadash in my mouth, even tehillah (hymn of praise) unto Eloheinu; many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Hashem.
40:4  Ashrei is that man that maketh Hashem his trust, and looketh not to the proud ones, nor such as turn aside to lies (false g-ds).
40:5  Many, O Hashem Elohai, are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward; they cannot be recounted unto Thee; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
40:6  Zevach and minchah Thou didst not desire; mine ears hast Thou pierced [cf Psa 22:17]; olah (burnt offering) and chata’ah (sin offering) hast Thou not required.
40:7  Then said I, Hinei, I come; in the megillat sefer it is written of me [cf MJ 10:5-7],
40:8  I delight to do Thy will, O Elohai; yea, Thy torah is within my heart.
40:9  I have preached tzedek in the kahal rav (great congregation); hinei, I have not restrained my lips, O Hashem, Thou knowest.
40:10  I have not hid thy tzedek within my lev; I have declared Thy emunah (faithfulness) and Thy teshuah (salvation); I have not concealed Thy chesed and Thy emes from the kahal rav.
40:11  Withhold not Thou thy rachamim from me, O Hashem; let Thy chesed and Thy emes continually preserve me.
40:12  For innumerable evils have compassed me about; mine avonot (iniquities) have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head; therefore my lev faileth me.
40:13  Be pleased, O Hashem, to deliver me; O Hashem, make haste to help me.
40:14  Let them be ashamed and mutually confounded that seek after my nefesh to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
40:15  Let them be appalled because of their boshet (shame) that say unto me, Aha, aha.
40:16  Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee; let such as love Thy teshuah say continually, Hashem be magnified.
40:17  But I am poor and needy; yet Adonoi thinketh upon me; Thou art my ezer and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O Elohai.