Psalm 40
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Thanksgiving and a Cry for Help
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
40 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.(A)
2 He brought me up from a desolate[a] pit,
out of the muddy clay,(B)
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.(C)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.(D)
Many will see and fear,
and they will trust in the Lord.(E)
4 How happy is anyone
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!(F)
5 Lord my God, you have done many things –
your wondrous works and your plans for us;
none can compare with you.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.(G)
6 You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
you open my ears to listen.[b]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.(H)
7 Then I said, ‘See, I have come;
in the scroll it is written about me.(I)
8 I delight to do your will, my God,(J)
and your instruction is deep within me.’(K)
9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed[c] –
as you know, Lord.(L)
10 I did not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.(M)
11 Lord, you do not[d] withhold your compassion from me.
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.(N)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.(O)
13 Lord, be pleased to rescue me;
hurry to help me, Lord.(P)
14 Let those who intend to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be turned back and humiliated.(Q)
15 Let those who say to me, ‘Aha, aha! ’
be appalled because of their shame.(R)
16 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
let those who love your salvation continually say,
‘The Lord is great! ’(S)
17 I am oppressed and needy;
may the Lord think of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.(T)
Psaumes 40
Louis Segond
40 (40:1) Au chef des chantres. De David. Psaume. (40:2) J'avais mis en l'Éternel mon espérance; Et il s'est incliné vers moi, il a écouté mes cris.
2 (40:3) Il m'a retiré de la fosse de destruction, Du fond de la boue; Et il a dressé mes pieds sur le roc, Il a affermi mes pas.
3 (40:4) Il a mis dans ma bouche un cantique nouveau, Une louange à notre Dieu; Beaucoup l'ont vu, et ont eu de la crainte, Et ils se sont confiés en l'Éternel.
4 (40:5) Heureux l'homme qui place en l'Éternel sa confiance, Et qui ne se tourne pas vers les hautains et les menteurs!
5 (40:6) Tu as multiplié, Éternel, mon Dieu! Tes merveilles et tes desseins en notre faveur; Nul n'est comparable à toi; Je voudrais les publier et les proclamer, Mais leur nombre est trop grand pour que je les raconte.
6 (40:7) Tu ne désires ni sacrifice ni offrande, Tu m'as ouvert les oreilles; Tu ne demandes ni holocauste ni victime expiatoire.
7 (40:8) Alors je dis: Voici, je viens Avec le rouleau du livre écrit pour moi.
8 (40:9) Je veux faire ta volonté, mon Dieu! Et ta loi est au fond de mon coeur.
9 (40:10) J'annonce la justice dans la grande assemblée; Voici, je ne ferme pas mes lèvres, Éternel, tu le sais!
10 (40:11) Je ne retiens pas dans mon coeur ta justice, Je publie ta vérité et ton salut; Je ne cache pas ta bonté et ta fidélité Dans la grande assemblée.
11 (40:12) Toi, Éternel! tu ne me refuseras pas tes compassions; Ta bonté et ta fidélité me garderont toujours.
12 (40:13) Car des maux sans nombre m'environnent; Les châtiments de mes iniquités m'atteignent, Et je ne puis en supporter la vue; Ils sont plus nombreux que les cheveux de ma tête, Et mon courage m'abandonne.
13 (40:14) Veuille me délivrer, ô Éternel! Éternel, viens en hâte à mon secours!
14 (40:15) Que tous ensemble ils soient honteux et confus, Ceux qui en veulent à ma vie pour l'enlever! Qu'ils reculent et rougissent, Ceux qui désirent ma perte!
15 (40:16) Qu'ils soient dans la stupeur par l'effet de leur honte, Ceux qui me disent: Ah! ah!
16 (40:17) Que tous ceux qui te cherchent Soient dans l'allégresse et se réjouissent en toi! Que ceux qui aiment ton salut Disent sans cesse: Exalté soit l'Éternel!
17 (40:18) Moi, je suis pauvre et indigent; Mais le Seigneur pense à moi. Tu es mon aide et mon libérateur: Mon Dieu, ne tarde pas!
Psalm 40
King James Version
40 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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.
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.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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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