Psalm 40-42

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!^(F)
5 Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.^(G)

⁶ You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.^[b]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.^(H)
7 Then I said, “See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.^(I)
8 I delight to do Your will, my God;^(J)
Your instruction lives within me.”^[c](K)

⁹ I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed^[d]—
as You know, Lord.^(L)
10 I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.^(M)

¹¹ Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.^(N)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.^(O)
13 Lord, be pleased to deliver me;
hurry to help me, Lord.^(P)

¹⁴ Let those who seek to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.^(Q)
15 Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be horrified because of their shame.^(R)

¹⁶ Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation continually say,
“The Lord is great!”^(S)
17 I am afflicted and needy;
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.^(T)

⁴ I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”^(Y)
5 My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”^(Z)
6 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.^(AA)
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.^(AB)
8 “Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”^(AC)
9 Even my friend^[e] in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.^(AD)

¹⁰ But You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.^(AE)
11 By this I know that You delight in me:^(AF)
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.^(AG)
12 You supported me because of my integrity^(AH)
and set me in Your presence forever.^(AI)

¹³ May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.^(AJ)

⁵ Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.^(AP)
6 I^[f] am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.^(AQ)
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.^(AR)
8 The Lord will send His faithful love by day;^(AS)
His song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹ I will say to God, my rock,^(AT)
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”^(AU)
10 My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”^(AV)
11 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.^(AW)