{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:17:11.072Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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 assembly."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 40 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 40](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/40 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}