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40.1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.


 * I waited patiently for the ;
 * And He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
 * 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.
 * 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.


 * Happy is the man that hath made the his trust,
 * And hath not turned unto the arrogant, nor unto such as fall away treacherously.
 * Many things hast Thou done, O 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.
 * Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in;
 * Mine ears hast Thou opened;
 * Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.
 * Then said I: 'Lo, I am come
 * With the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;
 * I delight to do Thy will, O my God;
 * Yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.'
 * I have preached righteousness in the great congregation,
 * Lo, I did not refrain my lips;
 * O, Thou knowest.
 * 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.
 * Thou, O, wilt not withhold Thy compassions from me;
 * Let Thy mercy and Thy truth continually preserve 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.
 * Be pleased, O, to deliver me;
 * O, make haste to help me.
 * 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.
 * Let them be appalled by reason of their shame
 * That say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'
 * Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee;
 * Let such as love Thy salvation say continually:
 * 'The be magnified.'
 * 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.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David.


 * Happy is he that considereth the poor;
 * The will deliver him in the day of evil.