Psalm 40:6-17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶ Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
    but you have given me an open ear.^[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.^(A)
7 Then I said, “Here I am;
    in the scroll of the book it is written of me.^[b]
8 I delight to do your will, O my God;
    your law is within my heart.”^(B)

⁹ I have told the glad news of deliverance
    in the great congregation;
see, I have not restrained my lips,
    as you know, O Lord.^(C)
10 I have not hidden your saving help within my heart;
    I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation;
I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    from the great congregation.^(D)

¹¹ Do not, O Lord, withhold
    your mercy from me;
let your steadfast love and your faithfulness
    keep me safe forever.^(E)
12 For evils have encompassed me
    without number;
my iniquities have overtaken me
    until I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head,
    and my heart fails me.^(F)

¹³ Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
    O Lord, make haste to help me.^(G)
14 Let all those be put to shame and confusion
    who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be turned back and brought to dishonor
    who desire my hurt.^(H)
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
    who say to me, “Aha, Aha!”^(I)

¹⁶ But may all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
    say continually, “Great is the Lord!”^(J)
17 As for me, I am poor and needy,
    but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God.^(K)