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40:1  For the music director. Of David. A psalm. I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
40:2  And so he brought me up from the roaring pit, from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady.
40:3  Then he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.
40:4  Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust and does not turn to the proud and to those who fall away to a lie.
40:5  Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done— your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with you. If I tried to proclaim and tell of them, they would be too numerous to count.
40:6  A sacrifice and offering you do not desire. My ears you have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.
40:7  Then I said, “Look, I come. In the scroll of the book it is written concerning me:
40:8  ‘I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law is deep within me.’”
40:9  I have brought good tidings of righteousness in the great congregation. Look, I have not shut my lips. O Yahweh, you surely know that.
40:10  Your righteousness I have not hidden in the midst of my heart. I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loyal love or your faithfulness from the great congregation.
40:11  As for you, O Yahweh, do not withhold your mercies from me. Let your loyal love and your faithfulness continually preserve me.
40:12  For evils without number have encompassed me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.
40:13  Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me. O Yahweh, hurry to help me.
40:14  Let them be shamed and abashed altogether who seek to take away my life. Let them be repulsed and humiliated who desire my harm.
40:15  Let them be appalled because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
40:16  Let them rejoice and be glad in you, all those who seek you. Let them say continually, “Yahweh is great!” —those who love your salvation.
40:17  But I am poor and needy. Let my Lord consider me. You are my help and my deliverer. O my God, do not delay.