Salmos, 40

1. Ao mestre de canto. Salmo de Davi.*

1. <To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.> I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2. Feliz quem se lembra do necessitado e do pobre, porque no dia da desgraça o Senhor o salvará.

2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my goings.

3. O Senhor há de guardá-lo e o conservará vivo, há de torná-lo feliz na terra e não o abandonará à mercê de seus inimigos.

3. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

4. O Senhor o assistirá no leito de dores, e na sua doença o reconfortará.

4. Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5. Quanto a mim, eu vos digo: “Piedade para mim, Senhor; sarai-me, porque pequei contra vós”.

5. Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.

6. Meus inimigos falam de mim maldizendo: “Quando há de morrer e se extinguir o seu nome?”.

6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7. Se alguém me vem visitar, fala hipocritamente. Seu coração recolhe calúnias e, saindo fora, se apressa em divulgá-las.

7. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

8. Todos os que me odeiam murmuram contra mim, e só procuram fazer-me mal.

8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

9. “Um mal mortal – dizem eles – o atingiu; ei-lo deitado, para não mais se levantar.”

9. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

10. Até o próprio amigo em que eu confiava, que partilhava do meu pão, levantou contra mim o calcanhar.*

10. I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11. Ao menos vós, Senhor, tende piedade de mim; erguei-me, para eu lhes dar a paga que merecem.

11. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

12. Nisso verei que me sois favorável, se meu inimigo não triunfar de mim.

12. For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

13. Vós, porém, me conservareis incólume, e na vossa presença me poreis para sempre.

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

14. Bendito seja o Senhor, Deus de Israel, de eternidade em eternidade! Assim seja! Assim seja!*

14. Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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15. Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

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16. Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

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17. But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.