40:1 |
I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. |
40:2 |
He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. |
40:3 |
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. |
40:4 |
Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods. |
40:5 |
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare. |
40:6 |
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. |
40:7 |
Then I said, "Here I am, I have come--it is written about me in the scroll. |
40:8 |
I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart." |
40:9 |
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, as you know, O LORD. |
40:10 |
I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly. |
40:11 |
Do not withhold your mercy from me, O LORD; may your love and your truth always protect me. |
40:12 |
For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me. |
40:13 |
Be pleased, O LORD, to save me; O LORD, come quickly to help me. |
40:14 |
May all who seek to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace. |
40:15 |
May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be appalled at their own shame. |
40:16 |
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation always say, "The LORD be exalted!" |
40:17 |
Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, do not delay. |
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