시편 40

A new song, then a cry for help

¹For the music director. Of David. A psalm. ²I waited and kept on waiting for the LORD, and he bent down toward me and listened to my cry for help. ³He drew me up from the roaring pit, out of the clinging mud; he planted my feet on a rock and steadied my steps. ⁴He gave me a new song to sing, a hymn for our God. Many people will look on and be filled with awe, and they will put their trust in the LORD. ⁵How blessed are those who make the LORD their trust, who do not turn to the arrogant or to those who wander off after lies! ⁶LORD my God, you have done so many things, your wonders and your plans for us; no one can compare with you! If I tried to tell them all and speak of them, there would be more than I could count. ⁷You took no pleasure in sacrifice and offering, but you opened my ears; you did not ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings.^{a 8}Then I said, “Here I come! What I must do is written down for me in the scroll of the book.^{b 9}My God, I love to do what you want; your instruction is deep inside me.” ¹⁰In the great assembly I have announced the good news of righteousness. I have not held my lips back; you know it, LORD. ¹¹Your justice I did not keep shut up in my heart; I talked of how faithful you are and how you rescue. Your loyal love and your truth I did not hide from the great assembly. ¹²And you, LORD, will not hold back your tender mercy from me; your loyal love and your truth will guard me always. ¹³Troubles too many to count have closed in around me; my sins have caught up with me, and I cannot see. They outnumber the hairs on my head, and my courage has left me. ¹⁴LORD, be willing to rescue me! LORD, hurry and help me! ¹⁵Let those who hunt for my life to snatch it away be shamed and confounded, all of them; let those who wish me harm be driven back and humiliated. ¹⁶Let those who jeer at me, “Aha! Aha!”, be stunned by their own shame. ¹⁷But may everyone who looks for you shout for joy and find gladness in you; may those who love to see you save never stop saying, “How great the LORD is!” ¹⁸As for me, I am poor and in need; may the Lord keep me in mind. You are the one who helps me and sets me free; my God, do not be slow!