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Psalms • Chapter 40
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For the conductor, a psalm of David.
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I waited for the LORD, and He inclined to me and heard my cry.
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And He brought me up from the pit of noise, from the mud of the abyss, and He set my feet upon a rock, establishing my steps.
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And He gave in their mouth a new song, a praise to our God; many will see and fear, and they will trust in the Lord.
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Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and does not turn to the proud or to falsehoods.
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Many wonders have you done, O Lord my God; your thoughts toward us cannot be compared to you. I will declare and speak of them; they are more than can be told.
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You did not desire sacrifice and meal offering; you have opened my ears; burnt offering and sin offering you did not require.
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Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written about me."
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To do your will, O God, I have desired, and your law is within my heart.
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I have proclaimed righteousness in a great assembly; behold, my lips will not be restrained; O Lord, You know.
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I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your lovingkindness and your truth in the great assembly.
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You, O Lord, will not restrain Your mercy from me; Your kindness and Your truth will always preserve me.
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For evil things have surrounded me without number; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am unable to see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has forsaken me.
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O Lord, please deliver me; O Lord, please help me quickly.
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together, those who seek my life; let them turn back and be disappointed, who desire my harm.
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They will put upon the heel of the shameful ones, saying to me, "The brother, the brother."
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Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let them say continually, "The Lord be magnified, who loves your salvation."
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