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Chapter 40 |
| 1 | I waited
patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. |
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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. |
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3 | 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. |
| 4 | Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his
trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. |
| 5 |
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.
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| 6 | Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou
opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. |
| 7 | Then
said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, |
| 8 | I
delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. |
| 9 | I
have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained
my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. |
| 10 | 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. |
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11 | Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O
LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. |
| 12 |
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. |
| 13 | Be pleased, O LORD, to
deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. |
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14 | 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. |
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15 | Let them be desolate
for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. |
| 16 | Let all
those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy
salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. |
| 17 | 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. |
