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Psalm 40 :: King James Version (KJV)

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God Sustains His Servant.

(Psa 70:1–5 )
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:3 - And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:5 - Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:6 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:9 - I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:10 - I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:11 - Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 - Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:15 - Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 - Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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