Salmos 40

Faith Persevering in Trial

1 I *Ps. 25:5; 27:14; 37:7waited patiently for the Lord;

And He inclined to me,

And heard my cry.

2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,

Out of *Ps. 69:2, 14; Jer. 38:6the miry clay,

And *Ps. 27:5set my feet upon a rock,

And established my steps.

3 *Ps. 32:7; 33:3He has put a new song in my mouth—

Praise to our God;

Many will see it and fear,

And will trust in the Lord.

4 *Ps. 34:8; 84:12Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,

And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

5 *Job 9:10Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works

Which You have done;

*Ps. 139:17; (Is. 55:8)And Your thoughts toward us

Cannot be recounted to You in order;

If I would declare and speak ofthem,

They are more than can be numbered.

6 *(1 Sam. 15:22); Ps. 51:16; Is. 1:11; (Jer. 6:20; 7:22, 23); Amos 5:22; (Mic. 6:6–8; Heb. 10:5–9)Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;

My ears You have opened.

Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

7 Then I said, "Behold, I come;

In the scroll of the book itis written of me.

8 *(Matt. 26:39; John 4:34; 6:38); Heb. 10:7I delight to do Your will, O my God,

And Your law is*(Ps. 37:31; Jer. 31:33; 2 Cor. 3:3)within my heart."

9 *Ps. 22:22, 25I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness

In the great assembly;

Indeed, *Ps. 119:13I do not restrain my lips,

O Lord, You Yourself know.

10 *Acts 20:20, 27I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;

I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;

I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth

From the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;

*Ps. 61:7; Prov. 20:28Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me;

*Ps. 38:4; 65:3My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;

They are more than the hairs of my head;

Therefore my heart fails me.

13 *Ps. 70:1Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;

O Lord, make haste to help me!

14 *Ps. 35:4, 26; 70:2; 71:13Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion

Who seek to destroy my life;

Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor

Who wish me evil.