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Psalms 40
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1For the end, a Psalm of David.
1I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2Blessed [is the man] who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
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 preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
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.
4May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
4Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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.
6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me.
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.
11But thou , O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12By this I know that thou hast delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me.
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.
13But thou didst help me because of [mine] innocence, and hast established me before thee for ever.
13Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
14Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.