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Psalm 40, KING JAMES VERSION
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I waited patiently
for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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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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