Psalms 40

1 to/for to conduct to/for David melody to await to await LORD and to stretch to(wards) me and to hear: hear cry my

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 and to ascend: establish me from pit roar from mud [the] mire and to arise: establish upon crag foot my to establish: establish step my

He brought me up also out of the tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock, He established my goings.

3 and to give: put in/on/with lip my song new praise to/for God our to see: see many and to fear: revere and to trust in/on/with LORD

And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.

4 blessed [the] great man which to set: make LORD confidence his and not to turn to(wards) proud and to swerve lie

Happy is the man that hath made the LORD his trust, and hath not turned unto the arrogant, nor unto such as fall away treacherously.

5 many to make: do you(m. s.) LORD God my to wonder your and plot your to(wards) us nothing to arrange to(wards) you to tell and to speak: speak be vast from to recount

Many things hast Thou done, O LORD my God, even Thy wonderful works, and Thy thoughts toward us; there is none to be compared unto Thee! If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be told.

6 sacrifice and offering not to delight in ear to pierce to/for me burnt offering and sin not to ask

Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.

7 then to say behold to come (in): come in/on/with scroll scroll: book to write upon me

Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;

8 to/for to make: do acceptance your God my to delight in and instruction your in/on/with midst belly my

I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.'

9 to bear tidings righteousness in/on/with assembly many behold lips my not to restrain LORD you(m. s.) to know

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation, lo, I did not refrain my lips; O LORD, Thou knowest.

10 righteousness your not to cover in/on/with midst heart my faithfulness your and deliverance: salvation your to say not to hide kindness your and truth: faithful your to/for assembly many

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

11 you(m. s.) LORD not to restrain compassion your from me kindness your and truth: faithful your continually to watch me

Thou, O LORD, wilt not withhold Thy compassions from me; let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually preserve me.

12 for to surround upon me distress: evil till nothing number to overtake me iniquity: crime my and not be able to/for to see: see be vast from hair head my and heart my to leave: forsake me

For innumerable evils have compassed me about, mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.

13 to accept LORD to/for to rescue me LORD to/for help my to hasten [emph?]

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 be ashamed and be ashamed together to seek soul: life my to/for to snatch her to turn back and be humiliated delighting distress: harm my

Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to sweep it away; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt.

15 be desolate: appalled upon consequence shame their [the] to say to/for me Aha! Aha!

Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'

16 to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you all to seek you to say continually to magnify LORD to love: lover deliverance: salvation your

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 and I afflicted and needy Lord to devise: devise to/for me help my and to escape me you(m. s.) God my not to delay

But, as for me, that am poor and needy, the Lord will account it unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O my God, tarry not.