# Psalm 40 ## Psalm 40:1 - [KJV] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. - [ASV] I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. - [YLT] I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry, ### Notes on Psalm 40:1 - ## Psalm 40:2 - [KJV] He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, *and* established my goings. - [ASV] He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. - [YLT] And He doth cause me to come up From a pit of desolation -- from mire of mud, And He raiseth up on a rock my feet, He is establishing my steps. ### Notes on Psalm 40:2 - ## Psalm 40:3 - [KJV] And he hath put a new song in my mouth, *even* praise unto our God: many shall see *it*, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. - [ASV] And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: Many shall see it, and fear, And shall trust in Jehovah. - [YLT] And He putteth in my mouth a new song, 'Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah. ### Notes on Psalm 40:3 - ## Psalm 40:4 - [KJV] Blessed *is* that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. - [ASV] Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust, And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. - [YLT] O the happiness of the man Who hath made Jehovah his trust, And hath not turned unto the proud, And those turning aside to lies. ### Notes on Psalm 40:4 - ## Psalm 40:5 - [KJV] Many, O LORD my God, *are* thy wonderful works *which* thou hast done, and thy thoughts *which are* to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: *if* I would declare and speak *of them*, they are more than can be numbered. - [ASV] Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. - [YLT] Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered. ### Notes on Psalm 40:5 - ## Psalm 40:6 - [KJV] Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. - [ASV] Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. - [YLT] Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked. ### Notes on Psalm 40:6 - ## Psalm 40:7 - [KJV] Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book *it is* written of me, - [ASV] Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me: - [YLT] Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me, ### Notes on Psalm 40:7 - ## Psalm 40:8 - [KJV] I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law *is* within my heart. - [ASV] I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart. - [YLT] To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law *is* within my heart. ### Notes on Psalm 40:8 - ## Psalm 40:9 - [KJV] I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. - [ASV] I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest. - [YLT] I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known. ### Notes on Psalm 40:9 - ## Psalm 40:10 - [KJV] I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. - [ASV] I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation; I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great assembly. - [YLT] Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To the great assembly. ### Notes on Psalm 40:10 - ## Psalm 40:11 - [KJV] Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. - [ASV] Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. - [YLT] Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me. ### Notes on Psalm 40:11 - ## Psalm 40:12 - [KJV] For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. - [ASV] For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me. - [YLT] For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me. ### Notes on Psalm 40:12 - ## Psalm 40:13 - [KJV] Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. - [ASV] Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. - [YLT] Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me, O Jehovah, for my help make haste. ### Notes on Psalm 40:13 - ## Psalm 40:14 - [KJV] Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. - [ASV] Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt. - [YLT] They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil. ### Notes on Psalm 40:14 - ## Psalm 40:15 - [KJV] Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. - [ASV] Let them be desolate by reason of their shame That say unto me, Aha, aha. - [YLT] They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, 'Aha, aha.' ### Notes on Psalm 40:15 - ## Psalm 40:16 - [KJV] Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. - [ASV] Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: Let such as love thy salvation say continually, Jehovah be magnified. - [YLT] All seeking Thee rejoice and are glad in Thee, Those loving Thy salvation say continually, 'Jehovah is magnified.' ### Notes on Psalm 40:16 - ## Psalm 40:17 - [KJV] But I *am* poor and needy; *yet* the Lord thinketh upon me: thou *art* my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. - [ASV] But I am poor and needy; *Yet* the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God. - [YLT] And I *am* poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer *art* Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not. ### Notes on Psalm 40:17 -