Faith Persevering in Trial

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

40 I waited patiently for the Lord;And He inclined to me,And heard my cry.² He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,Out of the miry clay,And set my feet upon a rock,And established my steps.³ He has put a new song in my mouth—Praise to our God;Many will see it and fear,And will trust in the Lord.

⁴ Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.⁵ Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful worksWhich You have done;And Your thoughts toward usCannot be recounted to You in order;If I would declare and speak of them,They are more than can be numbered.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;My ears You have opened.Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.⁷ Then I said, “Behold, I come;In the scroll of the book it is written of me.⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God,And Your law is within my heart.”

⁹ I have proclaimed the good news of righteousnessIn the great assembly;Indeed, I do not restrain my lips,O Lord, You Yourself know.¹⁰ I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation;I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truthFrom the great assembly.

¹¹ Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord;Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.¹² For innumerable evils have surrounded me;My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up;They are more than the hairs of my head;Therefore my heart fails me.

¹³ Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me;O Lord, make haste to help me!¹⁴ Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusionWho seek to destroy my life;Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonorWho wish me evil.¹⁵ Let them be confounded because of their shame,Who say to me, “Aha, aha!”

¹⁶ Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;Let such as love Your salvation say continually,“The Lord be magnified!”¹⁷ But I am poor and needy;Yet the Lord thinks upon me.You are my help and my deliverer;Do not delay, O my God.