40:1  I waited patiently for the LORD;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.

40:2  He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.

40:3  He has put a new song in my mouth'
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the LORD.

40:4  Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

40:5  Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works
Which You have done;
And Your thoughts toward us
Cannot be recounted to You in order;
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are more than can be numbered.

40:6  Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
My ears You have opened.
Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

40:7  Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

40:8  I delight to do Your will, O my God,
And Your law is within my heart.”

40:9  I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
In the great assembly;
Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
O LORD, You Yourself know.

40:10  I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
From the great assembly.

40:11  Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD;
Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

40:12  For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
Therefore my heart fails me.

40:13  Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
O LORD, make haste to help me!

40:14  Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.

40:15  Let them be confounded because of their shame,
Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

40:16  Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
“The LORD be magnified!”

40:17  But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.