Psalms 39

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¹For the end, a Psalm of David.

¹(40) For the end, a Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and listened to my supplication.

²I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me , and hearkened to my supplication.

²And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.

³And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright.

³And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.

⁴And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.

⁴Blessed [is] the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.

⁵Blessed [is] the man whose hope is the name of the Lord , and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.

⁵O Lord my God, you have multiplied your wonderful works, and in your thoughts there is none who shall be likened to you: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number.

⁶O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number.

⁶Sacrifice and offering you would not; but a body have you prepared me: whole burnt offering and [sacrifice] for sin you did not require.

⁷Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.

⁷Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

⁸Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me,

⁸I desired to do your will, O my God, and your law in the midst of my heart.

⁹I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.

⁹I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, you know my righteousness.

¹⁰I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; lo! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness.

¹⁰I have not hid your truth within my heart, and I have declared your salvation; I have not hid your mercy and your truth from the great congregation.

¹¹I have not hid thy truth within my heart, and I have declared thy salvation; I have not hid thy mercy and thy truth from the great congregation.

¹¹But you, Lord, remove not your compassion far from me; your mercy and your truth have helped me continually.

¹²But thou, Lord, remove not thy compassion far from me; thy mercy and thy truth have helped me continually.

¹²For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

¹³For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

¹³Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw near to help me.

¹⁴Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw nigh to help me .

¹⁴Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame.

¹⁵Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame .

¹⁵Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.

¹⁶Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward.

¹⁶Let all those that seek you, O Lord, exult and rejoice in you; and let them that love your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

¹⁷Let all those that seek thee, O Lord , exult and rejoice in thee; and let them that love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.

¹⁷But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; you are my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.