Psalms 40:6-12

⁶You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

⁷Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

⁸My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

⁹I have given news of righteousness in the great meeting; O Lord, you have knowledge that I have not kept back my words.

¹⁰Your righteousness has not been folded away in my heart; I have made clear your true word and your salvation; I have not kept secret your mercy or your faith from the great meeting.

¹¹Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.

¹²For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.