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Sacrifice and [a]offering thou hast no delight in;
[b]Mine ears hast thou opened:
Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Then said I, Lo, I am come;
In the roll of the book it is [c]written of me:
I delight to do thy will, O my God;
Yea, thy law is within my heart.
I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly;
Lo, I will not refrain my lips,
O Jehovah, 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 assembly.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah;
Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about;
Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are more than the hairs of my head;
And my heart hath [d]failed me.
13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me:
Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
14 Let them be put to shame and confounded together
That seek after my soul to destroy it:
Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor
That delight in my hurt.
15 Let them be [e]desolate [f]by reason 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,
Jehovah 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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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:6 Or, meal-offering
  2. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew Ears hast thou digged (or, pierced) for me.
  3. Psalm 40:7 Or, prescribed to
  4. Psalm 40:12 Hebrew forsaken.
  5. Psalm 40:15 Or, astonished
  6. Psalm 40:15 Or, for a reward of

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(A)
    but my ears you have opened[a](B)
    burnt offerings(C) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.[c](D)
I desire to do your will,(E) my God;(F)
    your law is within my heart.”(G)

I proclaim your saving acts(H) in the great assembly;(I)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.(J)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness(K) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.(L)

11 Do not withhold your mercy(M) from me, Lord;
    may your love(N) and faithfulness(O) always protect(P) me.
12 For troubles(Q) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(R)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(S)
    and my heart fails(T) within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.(U)

14 May all who want to take my life(V)
    be put to shame and confusion;(W)
may all who desire my ruin(X)
    be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(Y)
    be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you(Z)
    rejoice and be glad(AA) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”(AB)

17 But as for me, I am poor and needy;(AC)
    may the Lord think(AD) of me.
You are my help(AE) and my deliverer;(AF)
    you are my God, do not delay.(AG)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
  2. Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
  3. Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me