56 lines
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56 lines
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# Chapter 40
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1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
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And He inclined to me,
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And heard my cry.
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2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
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Out of the miry clay,
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And set my feet upon a rock,
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And established my steps.
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3 He has put a new song in my mouth—
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Praise to our God;
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Many will see it and fear,
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And will trust in the Lord.
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4 Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
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And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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5 Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works
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Which You have done;
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And Your thoughts toward us
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Cannot be recounted to You in order;
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If I would declare and speak of them,
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They are more than can be numbered.
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6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
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My ears You have opened.
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Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.
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7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
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In the scroll of the book it is written of me.
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8 I delight to do Your will, O my God,
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And Your law is within my heart.”
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9 I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness
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In the great assembly;
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Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,
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O Lord, You Yourself know.
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10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
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I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
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I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth
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From the great assembly.
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11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;
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Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
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12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;
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My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;
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They are more than the hairs of my head;
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Therefore my heart fails me.
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13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;
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O Lord, make haste to help me!
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14 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
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Who seek to destroy my life;
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Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
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Who wish me evil.
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15 Let them be confounded because of their shame,
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Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
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16 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
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Let such as love Your salvation say continually,
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“The Lord be magnified!”
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17 But I am poor and needy;
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Yet the Lord thinks upon me.
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You are my help and my deliverer;
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Do not delay, O my God. |