{"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/wbt/psalms/40","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-13T06:07:15.425Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","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 to me, and heard my cry."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and 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 to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Blessed is 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, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my 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 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 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 loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy loving-kindness and thy truth continually preserve me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For innumerable evils have encompassed me: my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my 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 to 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 delay, O my God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 40 (WBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 40](https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/40)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/psalms/40 (accessed 2026-06-13)."}}