Psalm 40

Expectans expectavi

¹ I waited patiently for the Lord,*

and he inclined to me, and heard my call.

² He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay;*

he set my feet upon the rock, and secured my footing.

³ He has put a new song in my mouth,*

a song of thanksgiving unto our God.

⁴ Many shall see and fear,*

and shall put their trust in the Lord.

⁵ Blessed is the man who has set his hope in the Lord,*

and has not turned to the proud, or to those who go about lying.

⁶ O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which you have done, and also your thoughts toward us;*

there is none who can be compared with you.

⁷ If I should declare them and speak of them,*

they would be more than I am able to express.

⁸ Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,*

but my ears you have opened.

⁹ Burnt offerings and sin offerings you have not required,*

and so I said, "Behold, I come;

¹⁰ In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I delight to do your will, O my God;*

indeed, your law is within my heart."

¹¹ I have declared your righteousness in the great congregation;*

behold, I will not restrain my lips, O Lord, and that you know.

¹² I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart;*

my talk has been of your truth and of your salvation.

¹³ I have not concealed your loving mercy and truth*

from the great congregation.

¹⁴ Withdraw not your mercy from me, O Lord;*

let your loving-kindness and your truth always preserve me.

¹⁵ For innumerable troubles have encompassed me; my sins have taken such hold of me that I am not able to look up;*

indeed, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart has utterly failed me.

¹⁶ O Lord, let it be your pleasure to deliver me;*

make haste, O Lord, to help me.

¹⁷ Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek after my soul to destroy it; *

let them be driven backward and rebuked who wish me evil.

¹⁸ Let them be desolate and rewarded with shame*

who say to me, "Aha, Aha."

¹⁹ Let all those who seek you be joyful and glad in you;*

and let those who love your salvation say always, "The Lord be praised."

²⁰ As for me, I am poor and needy,*

but the Lord cares for me.

²¹ You are my helper and deliverer;*

do not tarry, O my God.

Psalms with similar themes:

The Passion
22  40  42  54  130  69  88  116 

In Time of Trouble
3  11  12  13  18  20  46  30  146  40  49  57  85  62  63  80  86  90  107  118  144 

Righteousness
1  15  11  12  18  19  26  34  40  92  111  112 

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