PSALM 40 [†] I  u waited patiently for the LORD;

he inclined to me and  v heard my cry.

2 He drew me up from  w the pit of destruction,

out of  x the miry bog,

and  y set my feet upon a rock,

 z making my steps secure.

3 He put  a a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God.

Many will  b see and fear,

and put their trust in the LORD.

4 Blessed is the man who  c makes

the LORD his trust,

who does not turn to the proud,

to those who  d go astray after a lie!

5 You have multiplied, O LORD my God,

your  e wondrous deeds and your  f thoughts toward us;

none can compare with you!

I will proclaim and tell of them,

yet they are  g more than can be told.

6[†]  h In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,

but you have given me an open  i ear. [1]

Burnt offering and sin offering

you have not required.

7[^] Then I said, “Behold, I have come;

in the scroll of the book it is written  j of me:

8  k I delight to do your will, O my God;

your law is  l within my heart.”

9[^] I have told the glad news of deliverance [2]

in  m the great congregation;

behold, I have not  n restrained my lips,

 o as you know, O LORD.

10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;

I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;

I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness

from the great congregation.

11[†] As for you, O LORD, you will not restrain

your mercy from me;

your  p steadfast love and your faithfulness will

ever preserve me!

12 For evils have  q encompassed me

beyond number;

my  r iniquities have overtaken me,

and I cannot  s see;

they are  t more than the hairs of my head;

my heart  u fails me.

13  v Be pleased, O LORD, to  w deliver me!

O LORD,  x make haste to help me!

14  y Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether

who seek to snatch away my life;

let those be  z turned back and brought to dishonor

who delight in my hurt!

15 Let those be appalled because of their shame

who  a say to me, “Aha, Aha!”

16 But may all who seek you

rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who love your salvation

 b say continually, “Great is the LORD!”

17 As for me, I am  c poor and needy,

but  d the Lord takes thought for me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

do not delay, O my God!

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.