Psalms 40

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 [a]I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORDand put their trust in him.
4 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.[b]
5 Many, LORD my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened[c] — burnt offerings 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]
8 I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.”
9 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help. I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
12 For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, LORD; come quickly, LORD, to help me.
14 May all who want to take my life be put to shame and confusion; may all who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The LORD is great!”
17 But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

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Cross References 50

  • 1. S Psalms 37:7; Psalms 27:14
  • 2. Psalms 6:9; S Psalms 31:22; Psalms 34:15; Psalms 116:1; Psalms 145:19
  • 3. S Job 9:31; S Psalms 7:15
  • 4. S Job 30:19
  • 5. Psalms 69:14
  • 6. Psalms 31:8
  • 7. Psalms 27:5
  • 8. S Psalms 28:7; S Psalms 96:1; Revelation 5:9; Psalms 33:3
  • 9. Psalms 52:6; Psalms 64:9
  • 10. S Exodus 14:31
  • 11. Psalms 34:8
  • 12. Psalms 84:12
  • 13. Psalms 101:5; Psalms 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 16:5; Isaiah 65:5; 1 Peter 5:5
  • 14. S Deuteronomy 31:20; S Psalms 4:2; S Psalms 26:1
  • 15. S Deuteronomy 4:34; Psalms 75:1; Psalms 105:5; Psalms 136:4
  • 16. Psalms 139:18; Isaiah 55:8
  • 17. Psalms 71:15; Psalms 139:17
  • 18. S 1 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 6:20; Amos 5:22
  • 19. Exodus 21:6
  • 20. Psalms 50:8; Psalms 51:16; Isaiah 1:11; Hosea 6:6
  • 21. Job 19:23; Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 45:1; Ezekiel 2:9; Zechariah 5:1
  • 22. S Matthew 26:39; John 4:34
  • 23. Hebrews 10:5-7*
  • 24. S Deuteronomy 6:6; S Job 22:22; Romans 7:22; Psalms 37:31
  • 25. S Psalms 22:31
  • 26. S Psalms 22:25
  • 27. S Joshua 22:22; Psalms 119:13
  • 28. Psalms 89:1
  • 29. S Psalms 22:22; Acts 20:20
  • 30. Zechariah 1:12
  • 31. Proverbs 20:28
  • 32. S Psalms 26:3; Psalms 43:3
  • 33. Psalms 61:7
  • 34. S Psalms 25:17; Psalms 116:3
  • 35. Psalms 38:4; Psalms 65:3
  • 36. Psalms 69:4
  • 37. Psalms 73:26
  • 38. Psalms 22:19; Psalms 38:22; Psalms 70:1
  • 39. S 1 Samuel 20:1
  • 40. S Esther 9:2; Psalms 35:26
  • 41. S Psalms 35:4
  • 42. S Psalms 35:21
  • 43. Deuteronomy 4:29; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 9:10; Psalms 119:2
  • 44. Psalms 9:2
  • 45. Psalms 35:27
  • 46. Psalms 86:1; Psalms 109:22
  • 47. Psalms 144:3
  • 48. S Psalms 20:2
  • 49. S Psalms 18:2
  • 50. Psalms 119:60; Psalms 70:5

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.
  • [b]. Or "to lies"
  • [c]. Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts "but a body you have prepared for me"
  • [d]. Or "purification offerings"
  • [e]. Or "come" / "with the scroll written for me"

Psalms 40 Commentaries

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