40:1
40:2
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the
miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, [and] established my
goings.
40:3
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto
our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the
LORD.
40:4
Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and
respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
40:5
Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou
hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot
be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and
speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears
hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not
required.
40:7
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is]
written of me,
40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is]
within my heart.
40:9
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
40:10
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have
declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not
concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great
congregation.
40:11
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let
thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine
iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to
look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore
my heart faileth me.
40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to
help me.
40:14
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek
after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and
put to shame that wish me evil.
40:15
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say
unto me, Aha, aha.
40:16
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be
magnified.
40:17
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon
me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my
God.
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