God Sustains His Servant.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
40 I (A)waited [a]patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me and (B)heard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the (C)pit of destruction, out of the [b]miry clay,
And (D)He set my feet upon a rock (E)making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a (F)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will (G)see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
4 How (H)blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And (I)has not [c]turned to the proud, nor to those who (J)lapse into falsehood.
5 Many, O Lord my God, are (K)the wonders which You have done,
And Your (L)thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They (M)would be too numerous to count.
6 [d](N)Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have [e]opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is [f]written of me.
8 (O)I delight to do Your will, O my God;
(P)Your Law is within my heart.”
9 I have (Q)proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will (R)not restrain my lips,
O Lord, (S)You know.
10 I have (T)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have (U)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
11 You, O Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
[g]Your (V)lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
12 For evils beyond number have (W)surrounded me;
My (X)iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (Y)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (Z)heart has [h]failed me.
13 (AA)Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
Make (AB)haste, O Lord, to help me.
14 Let those be (AC)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (AD)seek my [i]life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [j]in my hurt.
15 Let those (AE)be [k]appalled because of their shame
Who (AF)say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 (AG)Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation (AH)say continually,
“The Lord be magnified!”
17 Since (AI)I am afflicted and needy,
[l](AJ)Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:1 Or intently
- Psalm 40:2 Lit mud of the mire
- Psalm 40:4 Lit regard
- Psalm 40:6 I.e. Blood sacrifice
- Psalm 40:6 Lit dug; or possibly pierced
- Psalm 40:7 Or prescribed for
- Psalm 40:11 Or May...preserve
- Psalm 40:12 Lit forsaken
- Psalm 40:14 Or soul
- Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me
- Psalm 40:15 Or desolated
- Psalm 40:17 Or The Lord is mindful
Cross references
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps 25:5; 27:14; 37:7
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps 34:15
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 69:2, 14; Jer 38:6
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 27:5
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 37:23
- Psalm 40:3 : Ps 32:7; 33:3
- Psalm 40:3 : Ps 52:6; 64:9
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps 34:8; 84:12
- Psalm 40:4 : Job 37:24
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps 125:5
- Psalm 40:5 : Job 5:9; Ps 136:4
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps 139:17; Is 55:8
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps 71:15; 139:18
- Psalm 40:6 : 1 Sam 15:22; Ps 51:16; Is 1:11; Jer 6:20; 7:22, 23; Amos 5:22; Mic 6:6-8; Heb 10:5-7
- Psalm 40:8 : John 4:34
- Psalm 40:8 : Ps 37:31; Jer 31:33; 2 Cor 3:3
- Psalm 40:9 : Ps 22:22, 25
- Psalm 40:9 : Ps 119:13
- Psalm 40:9 : Josh 22:22; Ps 139:4
- Psalm 40:10 : Acts 20:20, 27
- Psalm 40:10 : Ps 89:1
- Psalm 40:11 : Ps 43:3; 57:3; 61:7; Prov 20:28
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 18:5; 116:3
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 38:4; 65:3
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 69:4
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 73:26
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps 70:1
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps 22:19; 71:12
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps 35:4, 26; 70:2; 71:13
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps 63:9
- Psalm 40:15 : Ps 70:3
- Psalm 40:15 : Ps 35:21; 70:3
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps 70:4
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps 35:27
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps 70:5; 86:1; 109:22
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps 40:5; 1 Pet 5:7