Psalms 40 / 150
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(My Help and My Deliverer)To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
I waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and heard my cry.
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He drew me up from the pit of destruction,
out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
making my steps secure.
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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.
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Blessed is the man who makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who go astray after a lie!
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You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are more than can be told.
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In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
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Then I said, "Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
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I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart."
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I have told the glad news of deliverance
in the great congregation;
behold, I have not restrained my lips,
as you know, O Lord.
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I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
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As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
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For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.
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Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me!
O Lord, make haste to help me!
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Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
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Let those be appalled because of their shame
who say to me, "Aha, Aha!"
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But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
say continually, "Great is the Lord!"
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As for me, I am poor and needy,
but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!