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Psalms 40

17 aligned verses; 17 with wording or punctuation differences .

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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
> I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me , and heard my cry.
He lifted me up from the pit of despair , out of the miry clay ; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit , Out of the miry clay . He set my feet on a rock, And gave me a firm place to stand .
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD .
He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear , and shall trust in Yahweh .
Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood .
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, And doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies .
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us none can compare to You if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count .
Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us . They can't be set in order to you ; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered .
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire , but my ears You have opened . Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require .
Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire . You have opened my ears: Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required .
Then I said, “Here I am , I have come it is written about me in the scroll :
Then I said, "Behold , I have come . It is written about me in the book in the scroll .
I delight to do Your will, O my God ; Your law is within my heart.
I delight to do your will, my God . Yes, your law is within my heart. "
I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly ; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD , do know.
I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly . Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh , you know.
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart ; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation ; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart . I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation . I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me ; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
Don't withhold your tender mercies from me , Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
For evils without number surround me ; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see . They are more than the hairs of my head , and my heart has failed within me.
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 . My heart has failed me.
Be pleased, O LORD , to deliver me ; hurry , O LORD, to help me.
Be pleased, Yahweh , to deliver me . Hurry to help me , Yahweh .
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded ; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated .
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt .
May those who say to me, Aha , aha! be appalled at their own shame.
Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, " Aha ! Aha! "
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You ; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified !
Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you . Let such as love your salvation say continually , "Let Yahweh be exalted ! "
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer ; O my God , do not delay .
But I am poor and needy; May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer . Don't delay, my God.

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