I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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Psalms 40
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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.
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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.
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Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
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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.
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Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
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I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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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.
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Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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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.
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
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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.
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Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
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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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Psalms 40 Study & Commentary
Psalm 40 records David’s deliverance from a "horrible pit." It speaks of a new song in his mouth and expresses the desire to do God’s will, a theme applied to Christ in the New Testament.
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. Patient Waiting: David waited patiently, and God "inclined" unto him (v. 1). Deliverance often requires a season of steadfast waiting.2. A New Song: God takes us out of the miry clay and puts a new song of praise in our mouths. Our testimony of deliverance serves to draw others to trust God.
3. I Delight to do Thy Will: Obedience is better than sacrifice (v. 6-8). The ultimate goal of the believer is to have God’s law written "within the heart."
