{"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/kjv/psalms/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:53:31.816Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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, 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 set my feet upon a rock, <i>and</i> established my goings."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he hath put a new song in my mouth, <i>even</i> praise unto our God: many shall see <i>it</i>, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Blessed <i>is</i> that 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, <i>are</i> thy wonderful works <i>which</i> thou hast done, and thy thoughts <i>which are</i> to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: <i>if</i> I would declare and speak <i>of them</i>, they are more than can be numbered."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book <i>it is</i> written of me,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law <i>is</i> within my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained 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 taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Let them be desolate for a reward 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 <i>am</i> poor and needy; <i>yet</i> the Lord thinketh upon me: thou <i>art</i> my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 40 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 40](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/40 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}