The Book of Psalms 40

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1 I waited patiently for the LORD and he inclined unto me and heard my cry ⚑

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 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 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust and respecteth not the proud nor such as turn aside to lies ⚑

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 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire mine ears hast thou opened burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required ⚑

7 Then said I Lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of me ⚑

8 I delight to do thy will O my God yea thy law is within my heart ⚑

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

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 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me O LORD let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me ⚑

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 Be pleased O LORD to deliver me O LORD make haste to help me ⚑

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 ⚑

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

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 ⚑

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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain