{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":40,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/39","next":"psalms/41","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 I waited patiently for the LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He inclined to me and heard my cry."}],"h":"I Waited Patiently for the LORD","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, [and] made my footsteps firm.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He lifted me up from the pit of despair,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"out of the miry clay;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He set my feet upon a rock,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] made my footsteps firm."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He put a new song in my mouth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a hymn of praise to our God."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Many will see and fear"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and put their trust in the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.","f":["Or who turn aside to false gods or who run after lies"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Blessed is the man"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who has made the LORD his trust,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who has not turned to the proud,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"nor to those who lapse into falsehood."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us — none can compare to You — if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than [I] can count.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Many, O LORD my God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"are the wonders You have done,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the plans You have for us —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"none can compare to You —"},{"style":"indent1","t":"if I proclaim and declare them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are more than [I] can count."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.","f":["Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but my ears You have opened."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Burnt offerings and sin offerings"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You did not require."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Then I said,“ Here I am, I have come — it is written about me in the scroll:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then I said,“ Here I am, I have come —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it is written about me in the scroll:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law [is] within my heart.”","f":["Cited in Hebrews 10:5–7"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I delight to do Your will, O my God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your law [is] within my heart.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"behold, I do not seal my lips,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as You, O LORD, do know."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the great assembly."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":12,"t":"For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For evils without number surround me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They are more than the hairs of my head,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my heart has failed within me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"hurry, O LORD, to help me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"May those who seek my life"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be ashamed and confounded;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"may those who wish me harm"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be repelled and humiliated."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"May those who say to me,“ Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May those who say to me,“ Aha, aha!”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be appalled at their own shame."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say,“ The LORD be magnified!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"May all who seek You"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rejoice and be glad in You;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"may those who love Your salvation"},{"style":"indent2","t":"always say,“ The LORD be magnified!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"But I [am] poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But I [am] poor and needy;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may the Lord think of me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You are my helper and deliverer;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O my God, do not delay."}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David."}