Psalms 40

¹Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself

²Blessed is he who shows understanding toward the needy and the poor. The Lord will deliver him in the evil day

³May the Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And may he not hand him over to the will of his adversaries

⁴May the Lord bring him help on his bed of sorrow. In his infirmity, you have changed his entire covering

⁵I said, “O Lord, be merciful to me. Heal my soul, because I have sinned against you.

⁶My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish

⁷And when he came in to see me, he was speaking emptiness. His heart gathered iniquity to itself. He went outside, and he was speaking in the same way

⁸All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me

⁹They established an unjust word against me. Will he that sleeps no longer rise again

¹⁰For even the man of my peace, in whom I hoped, who ate my bread, has greatly supplanted me

¹¹But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again. And I will requite them

¹²By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me

¹³But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity

¹⁴Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for all generations and even forever. Amen. Amen