{"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/dbt/psalms/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:22:23.924Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm.} I waited patiently for Jehovah; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me —"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, thou knowest."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Withhold not thou, Jehovah, thy tender mercies from me; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; 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; Jehovah, make haste to my help."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be turned backward and confounded that take pleasure in mine adversity;"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be desolate, because of their shame, that say unto me, Aha! Aha!"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Let all those that seek thee be glad and rejoice in thee; let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified!"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 40 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 40](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/40 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}