Chapter Text
40:1 For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. I hoped earnestly for Yahweh; And He inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
40:2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a high rock, He established my steps.
40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in Yahweh.
40:4 How blessed is the man who has made Yahweh his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who stray into falsehood.
40:5 Many, O Yahweh my God, are the wondrous deeds You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. I would declare and speak of them, But they are too numerous to recount.
40:6 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
40:7 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
40:8 I desire to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my inner being.”
40:9 I proclaim good news of righteousness in the great assembly; Behold, I do not restrain my lips, O Yahweh, You know.
40:10 I do not conceal Your righteousness within my heart; I speak of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I do not hide Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great assembly.
40:11 You, O Yahweh, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually guard me.
40:12 For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
40:13 Be pleased, O Yahweh, to deliver me; Make haste, O Yahweh, to help me.
40:14 Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to sweep it away; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in evil against me.
40:15 Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
40:16 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Yahweh be magnified!”
40:17 As for me, I am afflicted and needy, May the Lord think of me. You are my help and the One who rescues me; Do not delay, O my God.