Psalms 40

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Unto the end, a psalm for David himself.	1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.
2 With expectation I have waited for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.	2 Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
3 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.	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 And he put a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many shall see, and shall fear : and they shall hope in the Lord.	4 May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering.
5 Blessed is the man whose trust is in the name of the Lord; and who hath not had regard to vanities, and lying follies.	5 I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.”
6 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God : and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.	6 My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?
7 Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require :	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 then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me	8 All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.
9 that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.	9 They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again?
10 I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips : O Lord, thou knowest it.	10 For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me.
11 I have not hid thy justice within my heart : I have declared thy truth and thy salvation. I have not concealed thy mercy and thy truth from a great council.	11 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them.
12 Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies from me : thy mercy and thy truth have always upheld me.	12 By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.
13 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head : and my heart hath forsaken me.	13 But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.
14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me, look down, O Lord, to help me.	14 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen.
15 Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
16 Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me : 'T is well, 't is well.
17 Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
18 But I am a beggar and poor : the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector : O my God, be not slack.