BOOK 1 / God Sustains His Servant.: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTER

Psalms, Psalm 40, verses 1-17

¹ I waited^a Or intentlypatiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry.	1 Psa 25:5 Psa 27:14 Psa 37:7 Psa 34:15
² He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the^b Lit mud of the miremiry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.	2 Psa 69:2 Psa 69:14 Jer 38:6 Psa 27:5 Psa 37:23
³ He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD.	3 Psa 32:7 Psa 33:3 Psa 52:6 Psa 64:9
⁴ How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not^c Lit regardturned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.	4 Psa 34:8 Psa 84:12 Job 37:24 Psa 125:5
⁵ Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count.	5 Job 5:9 Psa 136:4 Psa 139:17 Isa 55:8 Psa 71:15 Psa 139:18
⁶ ^d I.e. Blood sacrificeSacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have^e Lit dug; or possibly piercedopened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.	6 Sa1 15:22 Psa 51:16 Isa 1:11 Jer 6:20 Jer 7:22 Jer 7:23 Amo 5:22 Mic 6:6-8 Heb 10:5-7
⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is^f Or prescribed forwritten of me.
⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”	8 Joh 4:34 Psa 37:31 Jer 31:33 Co2 3:3
⁹ I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, You know.	9 Psa 22:22 Psa 22:25 Psa 119:13 Jos 22:22 Psa 139:4
¹⁰ I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.	10 Act 20:20 Act 20:27 Psa 89:1
¹¹ You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; ^g Or May...preserveYour lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me.	11 Psa 43:3 Psa 57:3 Psa 61:7 Pro 20:28
¹² For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has^h Lit forsakenfailed me.	12 Psa 18:5 Psa 116:3 Psa 38:4 Psa 65:3 Psa 69:4 Psa 73:26
¹³ Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Make haste, O LORD, to help me.	13 Psa 70:1 Psa 22:19 Psa 71:12
¹⁴ Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek myⁱ Or soullife to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight^j Or to injure mein my hurt.	14 Psa 35:4 Psa 35:26 Psa 70:2 Psa 71:13 Psa 63:9
¹⁵ Let those be^k Or desolatedappalled because of their shame Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”	15 Psa 70:3 Psa 35:21 Psa 70:3
¹⁶ Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, “The LORD be magnified!”	16 Psa 70:4 Psa 35:27
¹⁷ Since I am afflicted and needy, ^l Or The Lord is mindfulLet the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.	17 Psa 70:5 Psa 86:1 Psa 109:22 Psa 40:5 Pe1 5:7


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