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    Psalms 40

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    The taunt arrives as “Aha, aha!”, repeated like a tiny chorus, while the man hauled from miry clay discovers that his sins outnumber the hairs on his head.

    Out of the pitvv. 1–10

    David waits, cries, and is lifted from the pit of despair, with his feet set upon rock and his footsteps made firm. A new song follows, then a declaration that sacrifice and offering were not what the LORD desired: the ears were opened instead. The speaker says a scroll has something written about him, though the scroll declines to explain itself, and he proclaims righteousness without sealing his lips.

    More than the hairs of his headvv. 11–17

    The song turns sharply: evils surround the speaker, sins overtake him, and their number becomes more than the hairs of his head—a remarkably close inventory for a crisis. He asks the LORD to hurry, while those who seek his life are met with shame and the strangely preserved “Aha, aha!” At the end, the speaker is still poor and needy, asking the LORD to think of him and not delay.

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    1. Ps 40:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

    2. Ps 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

    3. Ps 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.

    4. Ps 40:4Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

    5. Ps 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.

    6. Ps 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

    7. Ps 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:

    8. Ps 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

    9. Ps 40:9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

    10. Ps 40:10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.

    11. Ps 40:11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.

    12. Ps 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

    13. Ps 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

    14. Ps 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

    15. Ps 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.

    16. Ps 40:16May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”

    17. Ps 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 1Psalms 27:13–14Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
    • 1Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
    • 1James 5:7–11Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
    • 7Hebrews 10:7–9Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
    • 5Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
    • 8Romans 7:22For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
    • 2Psalms 37:23The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
    • 4Jeremiah 17:7–8But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
    • 6Hebrews 10:5–12Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
    • 7Luke 24:44Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
    • 8John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
    • 6Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
    • 1Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
    • 1Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
    • 1Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
    • 1Psalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

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