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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.
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to 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 a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
3May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness.
3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
4I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you.
4Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
5Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish?
5Many, 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.
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 you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt.
7Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
8They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again?
8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your 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 proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
10But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.
10I 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.
11By this I know that you have delighted in me, because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
11Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your 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 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.
13Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it.
13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.