I
waited patiently for Yahweh.
He
turned to me, and heard my cry.
He
brought me up also out of a horrible pit,
out
of the miry clay.
He
set my feet on a rock,
and
gave me a firm place to stand.
He
has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God.
Many
shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
Blessed
is the man who makes Yahweh his trust,
and
doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
Many,
Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,
and
your thoughts which are toward us.
They
can’t be declared back to you.
If
I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Sacrifice
and offering you didn’t desire.
You
have opened my ears.
You
have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Then
I said, “Behold, I have come.
It
is written about me in the book in the scroll.
I
delight to do your will, my God.
Yes,
your law is within my heart.”
I
have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly.
Behold,
I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
I
have not hidden your righteousness within my heart.
I
have declared your faithfulness and your salvation.
I
have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
Don’t
withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh.
Let
your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
For
innumerable evils have surrounded me.
My
iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up.
They
are more than the hairs of my head.
My
heart has failed me.
Be
pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me.
Hurry
to help me, Yahweh.
Let
all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
Let
such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
But
I am poor and needy.
May
the Lord think about me.
You
are my help and my deliverer.
Don’t
delay, my God.
Psalm 40:1-13,
16-17
