Psalm 40 Expectans, expectavi 1I waited patiently upon the LORD; * he stooped to me and heard my cry. 2He lifted me out of the desolate pit, out of the mire and clay; * he set my feet upon a high cliff and made my footing sure. 3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; * many shall see, and stand in awe, and put their trust in the LORD. 4Happy are they who trust in the LORD! * they do not resort to evil spirits or turn to false gods. 5Great things are they that you have done, O LORD my God! how great your wonders and your plans for us! * there is none who can be compared with you. 6Oh, that I could make them known and tell them! * but they are more than I can count. 7In sacrifice and offering you take no pleasure * (you have given me ears to hear you); 8Burnt-offering and sin-offering you have not required, * and so I said, Behold, I come. 9In the roll of the book it is written concerning me: * I love to do your will, O my God; your law is deep in my heart. 10I proclaimed righteousness in the great congregation; * behold, I did not restrain my lips; and that, O LORD, you know. 11Your righteousness have I not hidden in my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your deliverance; * I have not concealed your love and faithfulness from the great congregation. 12You are the LORD; do not withhold your compassion from me; * let your love and your faithfulness keep me safe for ever, 13For innumerable troubles have crowded upon me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see; * they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me. 14Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; * O LORD, make haste to help me. 15Let them be ashamed and altogether dismayed who seek after my life to destroy it; * let them draw back and be disgraced who take pleasure in my misfortune. 16Let those who say Aha! and gloat over me be confounded, * because they are ashamed. 17Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be glad; * let those who love your salvation continually say, Great is the LORD! 18Though I am poor and afflicted, * the Lord will have regard for me. 19You are my helper and my deliverer; * do not tarry, O my God.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:07:53 +0000
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