Psalm 40
God Sustains His Servant.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
And He inclined to me and heard my cry.
And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the LORD.
And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They would be too numerous to count.
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
Your Law is within my heart.”
Behold, I will not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You know.
I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.
Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.
Make haste, O LORD, to help me.
Who seek my life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
Let those who love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”
Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.