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!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:9 Hebrew righteousness; also verse 10

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