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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 .
To the Overseer . -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me , and heareth 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 .
And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet , He is establishing my steps .
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 .
And He putteth in my mouth a new song, ` Praise to our God. ' Many do see and fear , and trust in Jehovah .
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 .
O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning 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 .
Much hast Thou done , Jehovah my God ; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us , There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to 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 present Thou hast not desired , Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin -offering Thou hast not asked .
Then I said , “Here I am , I have come it is written about me in the scroll:
Then said I, `Lo, I have come ,' In the roll of the book it is written of me ,
I delight to do Your will , O my God ; Your law is within my heart.
To do Thy pleasure , my God , I have delighted, And Thy 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 tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not , O Jehovah , Thou hast known .
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.
Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart , Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly.
O LORD , do not withhold Your mercy from me ; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
Thou, O Jehovah , restrainest not Thy mercies from me , Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep 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 compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities , And I have not been able to see ; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.
Be pleased, O LORD , to deliver me ; hurry , O LORD , to help me .
Be pleased, O Jehovah , to deliver me, O Jehovah , for my help make haste .
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded ; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated .
They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil .
May those who say to me, Aha, aha !” be appalled at their own shame .
They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to 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 !”
All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually , `Jehovah is magnified .'
But I am poor and needy ; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer ; O my God, do not delay .
And I ` am ' poor and needy , The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer `art' Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.

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