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Psalms 40
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1(41) For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
1I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
2He 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.
3May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.
3And 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.
4I said, O Lord , have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.
4Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?
5Many, 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.
6And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.
10I 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.
11By this I know that you have delighted in me, because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12But you did help me because of [my] innocence, and have established me before you for ever.
12For 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.
13Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.