Psalms40

The psalmist recounts his patient waiting for the Lord, who delivered him from despair and established his path, inspiring a new song of praise. He emphasizes that God desires obedience and a willing heart more than sacrifices, as he delights in doing God's will and openly declares His truth. The psalm concludes with a plea for continued divine help against overwhelming evils and adversaries, trusting in God's swift deliverance despite his own neediness.

I Waited Patiently for the Lord

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To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. I Waited paciently for the Lord, and he inclined vnto me, and heard my cry.
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Hee brought mee also out of the horrible pit, out of the myrie clay, and set my feete vpon the rocke, and ordered my goings.
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And he hath put in my mouth a new song of praise vnto our God: many shall see it and feare, and shall trust in the Lord.
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Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and regardeth not the proude, nor such as turne aside to lyes.
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O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.

Obedience and Delight in God's Will

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Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.
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Then said I, Lo, I come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,
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I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.
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I haue declared thy righteousnesse in the great Congregation: loe, I will not refraine my lippes: O Lord, thou knowest.
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I haue not hidde thy righteousnesse within mine heart, but I haue declared thy trueth and thy saluation: I haue not conceiled thy mercy and thy trueth from the great Congregation.

Lament and Prayer for Deliverance

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Withdrawe not thou thy tender mercie from mee, O Lord: let thy mercie and thy trueth alway preserue me.
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For innumerable troubles haue compassed mee: my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me, that I am not able to looke vp: yea, they are moe in nomber then the heares of mine head: therefore mine heart hath failed me.
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Let it please thee, O Lord, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe me.
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Let them be confounded and put to shame together, that seeke my soule to destroye it: let them be driuen backward and put to rebuke, that desire mine hurt.
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Let them be destroyed for a rewarde of their shame, which say vnto me, Aha, aha.
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Let all them, that seeke thee, reioyce and be glad in thee: and let them, that loue thy saluation, say alway, The Lord be praysed.
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Though I be poore and needie, the Lord thinketh on mee: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying.
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