Psalms, 40

To the director. Of David, a melody.

¹ I earnestly hoped in Jehovah, And so he inclined [his ear] to me and heard my cry for help.

² He also proceeded to bring me up out of a roaring pit, Out of the mire of [the] sediment. Then he raised up my feet upon a crag; He firmly established my steps.

³ Further, he put in my mouth a new song, Praise to our God. Many will see [it] and will fear, And they will trust in Jehovah.

⁴ Happy is the able-bodied man^*1 that has put Jehovah as his trust And that has not turned his face to defiant people, Nor to those falling away to lies.

⁵ Many things you yourself have done, O Jehovah my God, even your wonderful works and your thoughts toward us; There is none to be compared to you. Were I inclined to tell and speak [of them], They have become more numerous than I can recount.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering you did not delight in; These ears of mine you opened up.^*1 Burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask for.

⁷ In view of that, I said: “Here I have come, In the roll of the book it being written about me.

⁸ To do your will,^*1 O my God, I have delighted, And your law is within my inward parts.

⁹ I have told the good news^*1 of righteousness in the big congregation.^*2 Look! My lips I do not restrain. O Jehovah, you yourself know that well.

¹⁰ Your righteousness I have not covered over within my heart. Your faithfulness and your salvation I have declared. I have not hidden your loving-kindness^*1 and your trueness in^*2 the big congregation.”

¹¹ You yourself, O Jehovah, do not restrain your pity from me. Let your loving-kindness and your trueness themselves constantly safeguard me.

¹² For calamities encircled me until there was no numbering of them. More errors of mine overtook me than I was able to see; They became more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my own heart left me.

¹³ Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me. O Jehovah, to my assistance do make haste.

¹⁴ May those be ashamed and abashed all together Who are seeking my soul to sweep it away. May those turn back and be humiliated who are delighting in my calamity.

¹⁵ Let those stare in amazement in consequence of their shame Who are saying to me: “Aha! Aha!”

¹⁶ Let those exult and rejoice in you, All those who are seeking you. Let those say constantly: “May Jehovah be magnified,” Those who are loving salvation by you.

¹⁷ But I am afflicted and poor. Jehovah^*1 himself takes account of me. You are my assistance and the Provider of escape for me. O my God, do not be too late.