Psalms 40
Open in the reader1Unto the End. A Psalm of Beloved.
2I waited patiently for He-Who-Is; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
3He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
4He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in He-Who-Is.
5Blessed is the man who has made He-Who-Is his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
6Many, O He-Who-Is my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
7Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
8Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
9I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your teaching is within my heart.”
10I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O He-Who-Is, do know.
11I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
12O He-Who-Is, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
13For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
14Be pleased, O He-Who-Is, to deliver me; hurry, O He-Who-Is, to help me.
15May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
16May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
17May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “He-Who-Is be magnified!”
18But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.