A HYMN OF PRAISE TO OUR GOD
Key verse: 3
NIV
Psalm 40[a](A)
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(D)
out of the mud(E) and mire;(F)
he set my feet(G) on a rock(H)
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song(I) in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord(J)
and put their trust(K) in him.
4 Blessed is the one(L)
who trusts in the Lord,(M)
who does not look to the proud,(N)
to those who turn aside to false gods.[b](O)
5 Many, Lord my God,
are the wonders(P) you have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare(Q) with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many(R) to declare.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(S)
but my ears you have opened[c]—(T)
burnt offerings(U) and sin offerings[d] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.[e](V)
8 I desire to do your will,(W) my God;(X)
your law is within my heart.”(Y)
9 I proclaim your saving acts(Z) in the great assembly;(AA)
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know.(AB)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness(AC) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
from the great assembly.(AD)
11 Do not withhold your mercy(AE) from me, Lord;
may your love(AF) and faithfulness(AG) always protect(AH) me.
12 For troubles(AI) without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(AJ)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(AK)
and my heart fails(AL) within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.(AM)
14 May all who want to take my life(AN)
be put to shame and confusion;(AO)
may all who desire my ruin(AP)
be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(AQ)
be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you(AR)
rejoice and be glad(AS) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The Lord is great!”(AT)
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.
- Psalm 40:4 Or to lies
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
- Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
- Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
Cross references
- Psalm 40:1 : 40:13-17pp — Ps 70:1-5
- Psalm 40:1 : S Ps 37:7
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps 6:9; S 31:22; 34:15; 116:1; 145:19
- Psalm 40:2 : S Job 9:31; S Ps 7:15
- Psalm 40:2 : S Job 30:19
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 69:14
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 31:8
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps 27:5
- Psalm 40:3 : S Ps 28:7; S 96:1; Rev 5:9
- Psalm 40:3 : Ps 52:6; 64:9
- Psalm 40:3 : S Ex 14:31
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps 34:8
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps 84:12
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps 101:5; 138:6; Pr 3:34; 16:5; Isa 65:5; 1Pe 5:5
- Psalm 40:4 : S Dt 31:20; S Ps 4:2; S 26:1
- Psalm 40:5 : S Dt 4:34; Ps 75:1; 105:5; 136:4
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps 139:18
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps 71:15; 139:17
- Psalm 40:6 : S 1Sa 15:22; Jer 6:20; Am 5:22
- Psalm 40:6 : Ex 21:6
- Psalm 40:6 : Ps 50:8; 51:16; Isa 1:11; Hos 6:6
- Psalm 40:7 : Job 19:23; Jer 36:2; 45:1; Eze 2:9; Zec 5:1
- Psalm 40:8 : S Mt 26:39
- Psalm 40:8 : Heb 10:5-7*
- Psalm 40:8 : S Dt 6:6; S Job 22:22; Ro 7:22
- Psalm 40:9 : S Ps 22:31
- Psalm 40:9 : S Ps 22:25
- Psalm 40:9 : S Jos 22:22
- Psalm 40:10 : Ps 89:1
- Psalm 40:10 : S Ps 22:22
- Psalm 40:11 : Zec 1:12
- Psalm 40:11 : Pr 20:28
- Psalm 40:11 : S Ps 26:3
- Psalm 40:11 : Ps 61:7
- Psalm 40:12 : S Ps 25:17
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 38:4; 65:3
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 69:4
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps 73:26
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps 22:19; 38:22
- Psalm 40:14 : S 1Sa 20:1
- Psalm 40:14 : S Est 9:2; Ps 35:26
- Psalm 40:14 : S Ps 35:4
- Psalm 40:15 : S Ps 35:21
- Psalm 40:16 : Dt 4:29; 1Ch 28:9; Ps 9:10; 119:2
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps 9:2
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps 35:27
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps 86:1; 109:22
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps 144:3
- Psalm 40:17 : S Ps 20:2
- Psalm 40:17 : S Ps 18:2
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps 119:60
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My Help and My Deliverer
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.40 I (A)waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and (B)heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from (C)the pit of destruction,
out of (D)the miry bog,
and (E)set my feet upon a rock,
(F)making my steps secure.
3 He put (G)a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will (H)see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who (I)makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who (J)go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your (K)wondrous deeds and your (L)thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are (M)more than can be told.
6 (N)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open (O)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written (P)of me:
8 (Q)I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is (R)within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[b]
in (S)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (T)restrained my lips,
(U)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your (V)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have (W)encompassed me
beyond number;
my (X)iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot (Y)see;
they are (Z)more than the hairs of my head;
my heart (AA)fails me.
13 (AB)Be pleased, O Lord, to (AC)deliver me!
O Lord, (AD)make haste to help me!
14 (AE)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (AF)turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who (AG)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
(AH)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (AI)poor and needy,
but (AJ)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
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Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
- Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
Cross references
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps. 27:14; 37:7
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps. 39:12
- Psalm 40:2 : [Jer. 38:6]
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 69:2, 14
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 27:5
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 37:23
- Psalm 40:3 : See Ps. 33:3
- Psalm 40:3 : Ps. 52:6; 64:8, 9; Deut. 13:11
- Psalm 40:4 : See Ps. 2:12
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps. 101:3; 125:5; Lev. 19:4; Deut. 29:18; Job 23:11; Hos. 3:1
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 9:1; Ex. 15:11
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 92:5; 139:17; Isa. 55:8
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 71:15; 139:18
- Psalm 40:6 : Ps. 51:16; 1 Sam. 15:22; Cited Heb. 10:5-7; See Prov. 21:3
- Psalm 40:6 : See Job 33:16
- Psalm 40:7 : Luke 24:44
- Psalm 40:8 : Ps. 119:16, 24, 35, 92; [John 4:34]
- Psalm 40:8 : See Ps. 37:31
- Psalm 40:9 : See Ps. 22:25
- Psalm 40:9 : Ps. 119:13; [Acts 20:20, 27]
- Psalm 40:9 : Josh. 22:22
- Psalm 40:11 : Ps. 57:3; 61:7; Prov. 20:28; See Ps. 36:5
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 116:3
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 38:4
- Psalm 40:12 : [Ps. 38:10]
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 69:4
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 73:26
- Psalm 40:13 : For ver. 13-17, see Ps. 70:1-5
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps. 22:20
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps. 22:19; 38:22; 71:12; 141:1
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps. 35:4, 26; 71:13
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps. 6:10
- Psalm 40:15 : Ps. 35:21, 25; 70:3
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps. 35:27
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps. 86:1; 109:22
- Psalm 40:17 : [1 Pet. 5:7]
40 I (A)waited patiently for the Lord;
he inclined to me and (B)heard my cry.
2 He drew me up from (C)the pit of destruction,
out of (D)the miry bog,
and (E)set my feet upon a rock,
(F)making my steps secure.
3 He put (G)a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will (H)see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
4 Blessed is the man who (I)makes
the Lord his trust,
who does not turn to the proud,
to those who (J)go astray after a lie!
5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
your (K)wondrous deeds and your (L)thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
yet they are (M)more than can be told.
6 (N)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open (O)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written (P)of me:
8 (Q)I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is (R)within my heart.”
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[b]
in (S)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (T)restrained my lips,
(U)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart;
I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
from the great congregation.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your (V)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have (W)encompassed me
beyond number;
my (X)iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot (Y)see;
they are (Z)more than the hairs of my head;
my heart (AA)fails me.
13 (AB)Be pleased, O Lord, to (AC)deliver me!
O Lord, (AD)make haste to help me!
14 (AE)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (AF)turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who (AG)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
(AH)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (AI)poor and needy,
but (AJ)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
- Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
Cross references
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps. 27:14; 37:7
- Psalm 40:1 : Ps. 39:12
- Psalm 40:2 : [Jer. 38:6]
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 69:2, 14
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 27:5
- Psalm 40:2 : Ps. 37:23
- Psalm 40:3 : See Ps. 33:3
- Psalm 40:3 : Ps. 52:6; 64:8, 9; Deut. 13:11
- Psalm 40:4 : See Ps. 2:12
- Psalm 40:4 : Ps. 101:3; 125:5; Lev. 19:4; Deut. 29:18; Job 23:11; Hos. 3:1
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 9:1; Ex. 15:11
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 92:5; 139:17; Isa. 55:8
- Psalm 40:5 : Ps. 71:15; 139:18
- Psalm 40:6 : Ps. 51:16; 1 Sam. 15:22; Cited Heb. 10:5-7; See Prov. 21:3
- Psalm 40:6 : See Job 33:16
- Psalm 40:7 : Luke 24:44
- Psalm 40:8 : Ps. 119:16, 24, 35, 92; [John 4:34]
- Psalm 40:8 : See Ps. 37:31
- Psalm 40:9 : See Ps. 22:25
- Psalm 40:9 : Ps. 119:13; [Acts 20:20, 27]
- Psalm 40:9 : Josh. 22:22
- Psalm 40:11 : Ps. 57:3; 61:7; Prov. 20:28; See Ps. 36:5
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 116:3
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 38:4
- Psalm 40:12 : [Ps. 38:10]
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 69:4
- Psalm 40:12 : Ps. 73:26
- Psalm 40:13 : For ver. 13-17, see Ps. 70:1-5
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps. 22:20
- Psalm 40:13 : Ps. 22:19; 38:22; 71:12; 141:1
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps. 35:4, 26; 71:13
- Psalm 40:14 : Ps. 6:10
- Psalm 40:15 : Ps. 35:21, 25; 70:3
- Psalm 40:16 : Ps. 35:27
- Psalm 40:17 : Ps. 86:1; 109:22
- Psalm 40:17 : [1 Pet. 5:7]
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1. I waited patiently for the LORD (1-1
)
When David was in trouble, he waited for the LORD. Not only did God lift him out of his trouble, but he gave David a song of praise to God. He used David to bring others to fear God and trust in him. He made him proclaim the wonders of God to the great assembly of God's people. The LORD desires to use us, in all of our troubles, as the testimonies of his saving love. God can open our minds and hearts to his beauty and raise us as those who proclaim his righteousness and love.
2. May all who seek you rejoice (11-17)
The mercy of God is our salvation from all of our troubles and all of our sins. God's faithful love is our protection from evil in this world. David prayed that the enemies of God would be turned back in shame, but that those who seek God would be blessed. In our poverty we can be mindful of the LORD who knows us and delivers us to himself.
Prayer: LORD, bless me to wait patiently for you in my time of need. Raise me as one who proclaims your praises to all people in our times.
One Word: Sing praises to our God