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Psalm 40:9-17
English Standard Version
Psalm 40:9-17
English Standard Version
9 I have told the glad news of deliverance[a]
in (A)the great congregation;
behold, I have not (B)restrained my lips,
(C)as you know, O Lord.
10 I have not hidden your deliverance 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.
11 As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain
your mercy from me;
your (D)steadfast love and your faithfulness will
ever preserve me!
12 For evils have (E)encompassed me
beyond number;
my (F)iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot (G)see;
they are (H)more than the hairs of my head;
my heart (I)fails me.
13 (J)Be pleased, O Lord, to (K)deliver me!
O Lord, (L)make haste to help me!
14 (M)Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether
who seek to snatch away my life;
let those be (N)turned back and brought to dishonor
who delight in my hurt!
15 Let those be appalled because of their shame
who (O)say to me, “Aha, Aha!”
16 But may all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
(P)say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
17 As for me, I am (Q)poor and needy,
but (R)the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
do not delay, O my God!
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10
Psalm 40:9-17
New International Version
Psalm 40:9-17
New International Version
9 I proclaim your saving acts(A) in the great assembly;(B)
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know.(C)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness(D) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
from the great assembly.(E)
11 Do not withhold your mercy(F) from me, Lord;
may your love(G) and faithfulness(H) always protect(I) me.
12 For troubles(J) without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(K)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(L)
and my heart fails(M) within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.(N)
14 May all who want to take my life(O)
be put to shame and confusion;(P)
may all who desire my ruin(Q)
be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(R)
be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you(S)
rejoice and be glad(T) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The Lord is great!”(U)
Psalm 40:9-17
King James Version
Psalm 40:9-17
King James Version
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
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.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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.
13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste to help me.
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.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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.
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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