Chapter 40

1 I waited ^R1216 patiently ^F354 for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard ^R1217 my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit ^R1218 of destruction, out of the miry ^F355 clay, And He ^R1219 set my feet upon a rock making ^R1220 my footsteps firm. 3 He put a new ^R1221 song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see ^R1222 and fear And will trust in the LORD. 4 How blessed ^R1223 is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has ^R1224 not turned ^F356 to the proud, nor to those who lapse ^R1225 into falsehood. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are the ^R1226 wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts ^R1227 toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would ^R1228 be too numerous to count.

6 Sacrifice ^{R1229 F357} and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; ^F358 Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 7 Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written ^F359 of me. 8 I ^R1230 delight to do Your will, O my God; Your ^R1231 Law is within my heart." 9 I have proclaimed ^R1232 glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not ^R1233 restrain my lips, O LORD, You ^R1234 know. 10 I have not ^R1235 hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken ^R1236 of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

11 You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your ^F360 lovingkindness ^R1237 and Your truth will continually preserve me. 12 For evils beyond number have surrounded ^R1238 me; My iniquities ^R1239 have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more ^R1240 numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart ^R1241 has failed ^F361 me. 13 Be ^R1242 pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Make haste, ^R1243 O LORD, to help me. 14 Let those be ashamed ^R1244 and humiliated together Who seek ^R1245 my life ^F362 to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in ^F363 my hurt. 15 Let those be ^R1246 appalled ^F364 because of their shame Who say ^R1247 to me, "Aha, aha!" 16 Let ^R1248 all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say ^R1249 continually, "The LORD be magnified!" 17 Since I ^R1250 am afflicted and needy, Let ^{R1251 F365} the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God.

Chapter 41

1 How blessed is he who considers ^R1252 the helpless; ^F366 The LORD will deliver him in ^R1253 a day of trouble. ^F367 2 The LORD will protect ^R1254 him and keep him alive, And he shall be ^F368 called blessed ^R1255 upon the earth; And do ^R1256 not give him over to the desire of his enemies. 3 The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore ^F369 him to health. 4 As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; Heal ^R1257 my soul, for I ^R1258 have sinned against You."

5 My enemies speak ^R1259 evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?" 6 And when ^F370 he comes to see me, he speaks ^R1260 falsehood; ^F371 His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it. 7 All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise ^R1261 my hurt, saying, 8 "A wicked thing is poured out upon ^F372 him, That when he lies down, he will not ^R1262 rise up again." 9 Even my close ^R1263 friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. 10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise ^R1264 me up, That I may repay them. 11 By this I know that You ^R1265 are pleased with me, Because my ^R1266 enemy does not shout in triumph over me. 12 As for me, You ^R1267 uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in ^R1268 Your presence forever. 13 Blessed ^R1269 be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Chapter 42

1 As the deer pants ^F373 for the water brooks, So my soul pants ^{R1270 F373} for You, O God. 2 My soul thirsts ^R1271 for God, for the living ^R1272 God; When shall I come and appear ^{R1273 F374} before God? 3 My tears ^R1274 have been my food day and night, While they say ^R1275 to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 4 These things I remember and I pour ^R1276 out my soul within me. For I used ^R1277 to go along with the throng and lead ^F375 them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy ^R1278 and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 5 Why ^R1279 are you in ^{R1280 F376} despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed ^R1281 within me? Hope ^{R1282 F377} in God, for I shall again ^F378 praise Him ^F379 For the help ^{R1283 F380} of His presence.

6 O my God, my soul is in ^F381 despair within me; Therefore I remember ^R1284 You from the ^R1285 land of the Jordan And the peaks ^F382 of Hermon, ^R1286 from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers ^R1287 and Your waves have rolled over me. 8 The LORD will command ^R1288 His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in ^R1289 the night, A prayer to the ^R1290 God of my life. 9 I will say to God my ^R1291 rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning ^R1292 because ^F383 of the oppression ^R1293 of the enemy?" 10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say ^R1294 to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 11 Why ^R1295 are you in ^F384 despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope ^F385 in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The help ^F386 of my countenance and my God.

Chapter 43

1 Vindicate ^R1296 me, O God, and plead ^R1297 my case against an ungodly nation; O ^F387 deliver me from the ^R1298 deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God ^R1299 of my strength; why have You rejected ^R1300 me? Why do I go mourning ^R1301 because ^F388 of the oppression of the enemy? 3 O send out Your light ^R1302 and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy ^R1303 hill And to Your dwelling ^R1304 places. 4 Then I will go to the ^R1305 altar of God, To God my ^F389 exceeding joy; ^R1306 And upon the lyre ^R1307 I shall praise You, O God, my God. 5 Why ^R1308 are you in ^F390 despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope ^F391 in God, for I shall again ^F392 praise Him, The help ^F393 of my countenance and my God.

Chapter 44

1 O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers ^R1309 have told us The work ^R1310 that You did in their days, In the days ^R1311 of old. 2 You with Your own hand drove ^R1312 out the nations; Then You planted ^R1313 them; You afflicted ^R1314 the peoples, Then You spread ^R1315 them abroad. 3 For by their own sword they did ^R1316 not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm ^R1317 and the light ^R1318 of Your presence, For You favored ^R1319 them. 4 You are my ^R1320 King, O God; Command ^R1321 victories ^F394 for Jacob. 5 Through You we will push ^R1322 back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample ^R1323 down those who rise up against us. 6 For I will not ^R1324 trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me. 7 But You have ^R1325 saved us from our adversaries, And You have put ^R1326 to shame those who hate us. 8 In God we have boasted ^R1327 all day long, And we will give ^R1328 thanks to Your name forever. Selah. ^F395

9 Yet You have ^R1329 rejected us and brought us to dishonor, ^R1330 And do ^R1331 not go out with our armies. 10 You cause us to turn ^R1332 back from the adversary; And those who hate us have ^R1333 taken spoil for themselves. 11 You give us as sheep ^R1334 to ^F396 be eaten And have scattered ^R1335 us among the nations. 12 You sell ^R1336 Your people cheaply, ^F397 And have not profited ^F398 by their sale. 13 You make us a reproach ^R1337 to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision ^R1338 to those around us. 14 You make us a ^R1339 byword among the nations, A laughingstock ^{R1340 F399} among the peoples. 15 All day long my dishonor is before me And my ^F400 humiliation ^R1341 has overwhelmed me, 16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches ^R1342 and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy ^R1343 and the avenger.

17 All this has come upon us, but we have not ^R1344 forgotten You, And we have not dealt ^R1345 falsely with Your covenant. 18 Our heart has not turned ^R1346 back, And our steps have ^R1347 not deviated from Your way, 19 Yet You have crushed ^R1348 us in a place of jackals ^R1349 And covered us with the ^R1350 shadow of death. 20 If we had forgotten ^R1351 the name of our God Or extended our hands ^F401 to a ^R1352 strange god, 21 Would not God find ^R1353 this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. 22 But for ^R1354 Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep ^R1355 to be slaughtered. 23 Arouse ^R1356 Yourself, why do ^R1357 You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do ^R1358 not reject us forever. 24 Why do You hide ^R1359 Your face And forget ^R1360 our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul ^R1361 has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth. 26 Rise ^R1362 up, be our help, And redeem ^R1363 us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

Chapter 45

1 My heart overflows ^F402 with a good theme; I address ^F403 my verses ^F404 to the King; ^F405 My tongue is the pen of a ^R1364 ready writer. 2 You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace ^R1365 is poured upon ^F406 Your lips; Therefore God has blessed ^R1366 You forever. 3 Gird Your ^R1367 sword on Your thigh, O Mighty ^{R1368 F407} One, In Your splendor and Your majesty! 4 And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness ^R1369 and righteousness; Let Your right ^R1370 hand teach You awesome ^F408 things. 5 Your arrows ^R1371 are sharp; The peoples ^R1372 fall under You; Your arrows are in ^R1373 the heart of the King's enemies.

6 Your ^R1374 throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness ^R1375 is the scepter of Your kingdom. 7 You have loved ^R1376 righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed ^R1377 You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. 8 All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh ^R1378 and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed ^R1379 instruments have made You glad. 9 Kings' daughters are among Your ^R1380 noble ladies; At Your right ^R1381 hand stands the queen in gold ^R1382 from Ophir.

10 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget ^R1383 your people and your father's house; 11 Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, ^R1384 bow ^R1385 down to Him. 12 The daughter of Tyre ^R1386 will come with a gift; The rich ^R1387 among the people will seek your favor. 13 The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven ^R1388 with gold. 14 She will be led ^R1389 to the King in ^R1390 embroidered work; The virgins, ^R1391 her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You. 15 They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing; They will enter into the King's palace. 16 In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth. 17 I will cause Your ^R1392 name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the peoples will ^R1393 give You thanks forever and ever.