Psalm 40

¹³Still I am certain to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

¹⁴Wait patiently for the Lord; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the Lord!

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.

⁷Be 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.

⁸You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

²Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

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.

²³The steps of a man are ordered by the Lord who takes delight in his journey.

¹³³Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

⁵For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

²From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

²⁴Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

²⁵The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

²⁰Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

³Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.

¹Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

²Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

¹Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.

²My soul boasts in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

⁶The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the evildoer, saying,

⁹I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

¹In that day you will say: “O Lord, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

⁷But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.

⁸He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

¹¹For the Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

¹²O Lord of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!

⁸Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

⁵But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

⁸It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

⁹It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

¹²Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

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.

¹¹Who among the gods is like You, O Lord? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

¹⁷How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

¹⁸If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁵My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

⁵How great are Your works, O Lord, how deep are Your thoughts!

⁴He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.

⁵Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

⁶In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

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.

²²But Samuel declared: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

¹⁶For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

¹³But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

⁷Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

⁸In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

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.”

³⁹You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

²⁷And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

³For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

⁴that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

¹¹trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

²²For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

³⁴Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

¹⁶Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O Lord God of Hosts.

¹⁶I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

²⁴Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

³⁰The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

³¹The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

²⁵My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.

¹⁵And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

¹⁵My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.

¹⁶I will come in the strength of the Lord God; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours alone.

²²I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.

¹²He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

¹³With my lips I proclaim all the judgments of Your mouth.

¹⁶I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

¹⁷For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

²⁰I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

²¹testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.

⁹that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

¹⁰For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.

³⁰For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

³¹which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

⁸For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.

⁶Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

³Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to the place where You dwell.

³He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

²⁸Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

⁷May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

⁴For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

²⁶My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

⁴Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

⁶We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

³The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.

¹²Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.

²²Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

¹⁷The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.

¹⁸Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.

¹For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O Lord, to help me!

²May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.

¹⁹But You, O Lord, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.

¹²Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

³⁶Then Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

³⁷He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

⁴May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

²⁶May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.

⁶When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

²⁴Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

³When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

¹³May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

²⁵Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

²¹They gape at me and say, “Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen!”

²⁴Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

⁴³For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

⁴⁴They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

³May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

⁴May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”

¹⁹How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

²⁷May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the Lord who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

³But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

¹²³My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

¹⁷This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

¹³Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

¹⁴My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

⁴⁶Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,

⁴⁷and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

⁵But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.

⁶So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

¹⁷The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the Lord, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

⁶This poor man called out, and the Lord heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

⁷Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.

¹A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.