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MOF PSA Chapter 40

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From the Choirmaster’s collection. A song of David.

40 As I waited patiently for the Eternal,

he turned and listened to my cry;

2 he raised me from a lonesome pit, a muddy bog,

he set my foot on a rock and steadied my steps;

3 he put a new song in my mouth,

a song of praise to our God,

that many might see this, and be awed,

and trust in the Eternal.

4 Happy the man who trusts in the Eternal,

who pays no heed to loud and false apostates!

5 Eternal One, my God, richly hast thou worked out

thy wondrous purposes for us;

there is no one like thee!

Were I to tell them, to recount them,

they would pass all count.

6 Thou carest not for sacrifice and offering,

for no burnt-offering or sin-offering is thy demand.

An open ear thou gavest me;

7 I answered, “Here I come

to do thy bidding in the Book;

8 to please and serve thee is my joy,

thy law lies deep within my heart.”

9 Thou knowest, Eternal One, that openly

I told the good news to our gathering;

10 I kept not to myself thy saving help,

but told aloud thy loyalty and aid,

making no secret of thy love and faithfulness.

11 And thou wilt not keep back from me thy mercy,

thy love and faithfulness shall ever be my guard.

12 [[For numberless evils surround me;

my transgressions have overtaken me,

till I know not where to turn;

more trials have I than hairs upon my head—

my courage fails me.

13 Be pleased to rescue me, O thou Eternal,

O thou Eternal, hasten to my help.

14 Disgraced, discomfited, be those who seek to murder me!

Routed, dishonoured, be they who delight in harm to me!

15 Thwarted and appalled be they who taunt me with their scoffs!

16 But may thy followers all rejoice gladly in thee!

May those who love thy saving help have ever cause to say,

“All hail to the Eternal!”

17 As for me, I am weak and wretched;

Yet the Eternal will take thought for me.

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

tarry not, O my God.]]