Psalm 40

1 For the one directing. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> I have waited patiently [for], YHWH! And He inclined to me and heard my cry.

2 And He brought me up from the pit of desolation, from the mud of the mire; and He raised up my feet upon a rock, [and] has made firm my steps.

3 And He put in my mouth a new song—praise to our God. Many will see [it] and will fear, and they will trust in YHWH.

4 Blessed [is] the man who makes YHWH his refuge, and does not turn toward the proud, and those turning aside to falsehood!

5 Much You have done, O YHWH my God, and wonderful are your thoughts toward us—none can compare to You! Were I to declare and speak, they are vast beyond numbering.

6 In sacrifice and offering You did not take delight, You have opened the ears for me; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come—in the roll of the book it is written of me.

8 I have delighted to do Your will, O my God, and Your law [is] in the midst of my heart.”

9 I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not restrain my lips, O YHWH, You have known.

10 Your righteousness I have not kept hidden in the midst of my heart; Your faithfulness and Your salvation I have declared; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and Your truth from the great assembly.

11 You, O YHWH, do not withhold Your mercies from me; may Your loving devotion and Your truth continually guard me.

12 For evils have surrounded against me, until there is no numbering [them]; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I am not able to see; they are vast [beyond] the hairs of my head, and my heart has left me.

13 Take pleasure, O YHWH, to deliver me! O YHWH, may You hurry to help me!

14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together, those seeking my soul, to snatch it away! Let them be driven back and humiliated, those delighting in my harm!

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame, those saying to me, “Aha, aha!”

16 All those seeking You, may they rejoice and be glad in You; let those loving Your salvation say continually, “YHWH be magnified!”

17 And I [am] poor and needy; may the Lord think of me; You [are] my help and my deliverer—O my God, do not delay!