{"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/erv/psalms/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T02:39:36.202Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":40,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":39,"nextChapter":41,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He brought me up also out of an 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 the LORD."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Blessed is the man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Many, O LORD 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 published righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, 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 congregation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: 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 mine head, and my heart hath failed me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them be turned backward and brought to dishonour 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, The LORD 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 40](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/40 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}