Psalm 40 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

God Sustains His Servant.

(Psa 70:1–5 )

Psa 40:1For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
I waited [fn]patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psa 40:2

Psa 40:2He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the [fn]miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

Psa 40:3

Psa 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the LORD.

Psa 40:4

Psa 40:4How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust,
And has not [fn]turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Psa 40:5

Psa 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.

Psa 40:6

Psa 40:6 [fn]Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have [fn]opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

Psa 40:7

Psa 40:7Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is [fn]written of me.

Psa 40:8

Psa 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your Law is within my heart.”

Psa 40:9

Psa 40:9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You know.

Psa 40:10

Psa 40:10I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

Psa 40:11

Psa 40:11You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
[fn]Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.

Psa 40:12

Psa 40:12For evils beyond number have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has [fn]failed me.

Psa 40:13

Psa 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
Make haste, O LORD, to help me.

Psa 40:14

Psa 40:14Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my [fn]life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [fn]in my hurt.

Psa 40:15

Psa 40:15Let those be [fn]appalled because of their shame
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

Psa 40:16

Psa 40:16Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”

Psa 40:17

Psa 40:17Since I am afflicted and needy,
[fn]Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

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NASB95 Footnotes

(40:1)

Or, intently

(40:2)

Literally: mud of the mire

(40:4)

Literally: regard

(40:6)

I.e. Blood sacrifice

(40:6)

Literally: dug; or possibly pierced

(40:7)

Or, prescribed for

(40:11)

Or, May...preserve

(40:12)

Literally: forsaken

Or, soul

Or, to injure me

Or, desolated

Or, The Lord is mindful

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