Thematic Bible

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the LORD, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry.

Psalm 40:2

He brought me up also out of the pit of hopelessness, out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock and straightened my steps.

Psalm 40:3

And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it and fear and shall wait on the LORD.

Psalm 40:4

Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust and does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Psalm 40:5

Thou hast increased, O LORD my God, thy wonderful works which thou hast done and thy thoughts regarding us; they are beyond our ability to express, declare, or speak; they cannot be told.

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened; burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.

Psalm 40:7

Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me,

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God; thy law is within my bowels.

Psalm 40:9

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

Psalm 40:10

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

Psalm 40:11

Do not withhold thy tender mercies from me, O LORD; let thy mercy and thy truth continually preserve me.

Psalm 40:12

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to see; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.

Psalm 40:13

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.
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Psalm 40:14

Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my life to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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Psalm 40:15

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Psalm 40:16

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

Psalm 40:17

When I am poor and needy; the Lord will remember me; thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.