Psalms 40

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] I waited, I waited for Yahweh, then he stooped to me and heardmy cry for help.	1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
2 He pul ed me up from the seething chasm, from the mud of the mire. He set my feet on rock, andmade my footsteps firm.	2 Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
3 He put a fresh song in my mouth, praise of our God. Many wil be awestruck at the sight, and will puttheir trust in Yahweh.	3 May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries.
4 How blessed are those who put their trust in Yahweh, who have not sided with rebels and those whohave gone astray in falsehood.	4 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.
5 How much you have done, Yahweh, my God -- your wonders, your plans for us -- you have no equal. Iwil proclaim and speak of them; they are beyond number.	5 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
6 You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering, but you gave me an open ear, you did not ask for burntoffering or sacrifice for sin;	6 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?
7 then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.' In the scrol of the book it is written of me,	7 And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way.
8 my delight is to do your will; your law, my God, is deep in my heart.	8 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
9 I proclaimed the saving justice of Yahweh in the great assembly. See, I will not hold my tongue, as youwel know.	9 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?
10 I have not kept your saving justice locked in the depths of my heart, but have spoken of yourconstancy and saving help. I have made no secret of your faithful and steadfast love, in the great assembly.	10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.
11 You, Yahweh, have not withheld your tenderness from me; your faithful and steadfast love will alwaysguard me.	11 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.
12 For troubles surround me, until they are beyond number; my sins have overtaken me; I cannot seemy way. They outnumber the hairs of my head, and my heart fails me.	12 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.
13 Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me, Yahweh, come quickly and help me!	13 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.
14 Shame and dismay to al who seek to take my life. Back with them, let them be humiliated whodelight in my misfortunes.	14 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.
15 Let them be aghast with shame, those who say to me, 'Aha, aha!'
16 But joy and happiness in you to all who seek you! Let them ceaselessly cry, 'Great is Yahweh' wholove your saving power.
17 Poor and needy as I am, the Lord has me in mind. You, my helper, my Saviour, my God, do notdelay.