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Psalm 4

Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, O God of my right!
    You gave me room when I was in distress.
    Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.(A)

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Psalm 4[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

Answer me(A) when I call to you,
    my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;(B)
    have mercy(C) on me and hear my prayer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.

10 He who rescued us from so deadly a peril will continue to rescue us;[a] on him we have set our hope that he will rescue us again,(A)

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  1. 1.10 Other ancient authorities read is rescuing us or lack the phrase

10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,(A) and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope(B) that he will continue to deliver us,

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The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,

“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(A)
keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[a]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(B)

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  1. 34.7 Or for thousands

And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,(B) abounding in love(C) and faithfulness,(D) maintaining love to thousands,(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(H)

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Psalm 40

Thanksgiving for Deliverance and Prayer for Help

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

I waited patiently for the Lord;
    he inclined to me and heard my cry.(A)
He drew me up from the desolate pit,[a]
    out of the miry bog,
and set my feet upon a rock,
    making my steps secure.(B)
He put a new song in my mouth,
    a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
    and put their trust in the Lord.(C)

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  1. 40.2 Cn: Heb pit of tumult

Psalm 40[a](A)

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

I waited patiently(B) for the Lord;
    he turned to me and heard my cry.(C)
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(D)
    out of the mud(E) and mire;(F)
he set my feet(G) on a rock(H)
    and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song(I) in my mouth,
    a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord(J)
    and put their trust(K) in him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.

132 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    as is your custom toward those who love your name.(A)

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132 Turn to me(A) and have mercy(B) on me,
    as you always do to those who love your name.(C)

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16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
    for I am lonely and afflicted.(A)

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16 Turn to me(A) and be gracious to me,(B)
    for I am lonely(C) and afflicted.

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18 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
    but the Lord was my support.
19 He brought me out into a broad place;
    he delivered me because he delighted in me.(A)

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18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,(A)
    but the Lord was my support.(B)
19 He brought me out into a spacious place;(C)
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.(D)

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20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(A) 21 For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(B)

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20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(A) as though God were making his appeal through us.(B) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(C) 21 God made him who had no sin(D) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(E)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering

In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”(A)

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In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(A)
This is the name(B) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(C)

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I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
    incline your ear to me; hear my words.(A)

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I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;(A)
    turn your ear to me(B) and hear my prayer.(C)

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19 God, the Lord, is my strength;
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer
    and makes me tread upon the heights.[a]

To the leader: with stringed[b] instruments.(A)

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  1. 3.19 Heb my heights
  2. 3.19 Heb my stringed

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(A)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.(B)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

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24 Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
    are righteousness and strength;
all who were incensed against him
    shall come to him and be ashamed.(A)

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24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
    are deliverance(A) and strength.(B)’”
All who have raged against him
    will come to him and be put to shame.(C)

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be gracious to me, O Lord,
    for to you do I cry all day long.(A)
Gladden the soul of your servant,
    for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.(B)
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving,
    abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you.(C)

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have mercy(A) on me, Lord,
    for I call(B) to you all day long.
Bring joy to your servant, Lord,
    for I put my trust(C) in you.

You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
    abounding in love(D) to all who call to you.

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