Salmos, 40

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0. To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

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

1. I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to 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 drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

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

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

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

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

7. Then I said, "Lo, I come; in the roll 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; 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 told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O LORD.

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

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

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

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. 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 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!

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

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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!"

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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!