Psa40

Psalms – Chapter 40

¹For the leader. A psalm of David.

A

²Surely, I wait for the LORD;

who bends down to me and hears my cry,

³Draws me up from the pit of destruction,

out of the muddy clay,

Sets my feet upon rock,

steadies my steps,

⁴And puts a new song in my mouth,

a hymn to our God.

Many shall look on in fear

and they shall trust in the LORD.

⁵Blessed the man who sets

his security in the LORD,

who turns not to the arrogant

or to those who stray after falsehood.

⁶You, yes you, O LORD, my God,

have done many wondrous deeds!

And in your plans for us

there is none to equal you.

Should I wish to declare or tell them,

too many are they to recount.

⁷Sacrifice and offering you do not want;

you opened my ears.

Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;

⁸so I said, “See; I come

with an inscribed scroll written upon me.

⁹I delight to do your will, my God;

your law is in my inner being!”

¹⁰When I sing of your righteousness

in a great assembly,

See, I do not restrain my lips;

as you, LORD, know.

¹¹I do not conceal your righteousness

within my heart;

I speak of your loyalty and your salvation.

I do not hide your mercy or faithfulness from a great assembly.

¹²LORD, may you not withhold

your compassion from me;

May your mercy and your faithfulness

continually protect me.

B

¹³But evils surround me

until they cannot be counted.

My sins overtake me,

so that I can no longer see.

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head;

my courage fails me.

¹⁴LORD, graciously rescue me!

Come quickly to help me, LORD!

¹⁵May those who seek to destroy my life

be shamed and confounded.

Turn back in disgrace

those who desire my ruin.

¹⁶Let those who say to me “Aha!”

Be made desolate on account of their shame.

¹⁷While those who seek you

rejoice and be glad in you.

May those who long for your salvation

always say, “The LORD is great.”

¹⁸Though I am afflicted and poor,

my Lord keeps me in mind.

You are my help and deliverer;

my God, do not delay!

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THE REVISED NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)