Psalms, 40

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

1. [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] I waited, I waited for Yahweh, then he stooped to me and heard my cry for help.

1. I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

2. He pulled me up from the seething chasm, from the mud of the mire. He set my feet on rock, and made my footsteps firm.

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.

3. He put a fresh song in my mouth, praise of our God. Many will be awestruck at the sight, and will put their trust in Yahweh.

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.

4. How blessed are those who put their trust in Yahweh, who have not sided with rebels and those who have gone astray in falsehood.

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!

5. How much you have done, Yahweh, my God -- your wonders, your plans for us -- you have no equal. I will proclaim and speak of them; they are beyond number.

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.

6. You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering, but you gave me an open ear, you did not ask for burnt offering or sacrifice for sin;

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.

7. then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.' In the scroll of the book it is written of me,

7. Then I said, "Lo, I come; in the roll of the book it is written of me;

8. my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.

8. I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my heart."

9. I proclaimed the saving justice of Yahweh in the great assembly. See, I will not hold my tongue, as you well know.

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.

10. I have not kept your saving justice locked in the depths of my heart, but have spoken of your constancy and saving help. I have made no secret of your faithful and steadfast love, in the great assembly.

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.

11. You, Yahweh, have not withheld your tenderness from me; your faithful and steadfast love will always guard me.

11. Do not thou, O LORD, withhold thy mercy from me, let thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness ever preserve me!

12. For troubles surround me, until they are beyond number; my sins have overtaken me; I cannot see my way. They outnumber the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.

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.

13. Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!

13. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!

14. Shame and dismay to all who seek to take my life. Back with them, let them be humiliated who delight in my misfortunes.

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!

15. Let them be aghast with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'

15. Let them be appalled because of their shame who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"

16. But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you! Let them ceaselessly cry, 'Great is Yahweh' who love your saving power.

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!"

17. Poor and needy as I am, the Lord has me in mind. You, my helper, my Saviour, my God, do not delay.

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!