Psalms 40:7-17

⁷Then said I, “See, I have come; it is written about me in the scroll of the document.

⁸I delight to do your will, my God; your laws are in my heart.”

⁹I have proclaimed good news of your righteousness in the great assembly; Yahweh, you know that my lips have not kept back from doing this.

¹⁰I have not concealed your righteousness in my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your covenant faithfulness or your trustworthiness from the great assembly.

¹¹Do not keep back your acts of mercy from me, Yahweh; let your covenant faithfulness and your trustworthiness always preserve me.

¹²Troubles that cannot be numbered surround me; my iniquities have caught up with me so that I am no longer able to see anything; they are more than the hairs on my head, and my heart has failed me.

¹³Be pleased, Yahweh, to rescue me; hurry to help me, Yahweh.

¹⁴Let them be ashamed and completely disappointed who pursue my life to take it away. Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor, those who delight in hurting me.

¹⁵Let them be shocked because of their shame, those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

¹⁶But may all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; let everyone who loves your salvation say continually, “May Yahweh be praised.”

¹⁷I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me. You are my help and you come to my rescue; do not delay, my God.