Psalm 40Psalms40

Berean Standard BibleKing James Version

1. I Waited Patiently for the LORD

   (Psalm 70:1–5; Hebrews 10:1–18)

2. 1BSBFor the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.KJVKJV: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
3. 2BSBHe lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.KJVKJV: He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
4. 3BSBHe put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.KJVKJV: And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
5. 4BSBBlessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.KJVKJV: Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
6. 5BSBMany, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.KJVKJV: Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
7. 6BSBSacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.KJVKJV: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
8. 7BSBThen I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:KJVKJV: Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
9. 8BSBI delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”KJVKJV: I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
10. 9BSBI proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.KJVKJV: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
11. 10BSBI have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.KJVKJV: I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
12. 11BSBO LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.KJVKJV: Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
13. 12BSBFor evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.KJVKJV: For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
14. 13BSBBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.KJVKJV: Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
15. 14BSBMay those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.KJVKJV: Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
16. 15BSBMay those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.KJVKJV: Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
17. 16BSBMay all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”KJVKJV: Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
18. 17BSBBut I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.KJVKJV: But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.