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Psalm
40
[Recommended
tunes: v 1-5 Ballerma, Ayrshire; v 6-17
St
Paul,
St Flavian]
8,6,8,6
To
the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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1I waited for the Lord my God,
and patiently did bear;
At
length to me he did incline
my voice and cry to hear.
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2He took me from a fearful pit,
and from the miry clay,
And
on a rock he set my feet,
establishing my way.
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3He put a new song in my mouth,
our God to magnify:
Many
shall see it, and shall fear,
and on the Lord rely.
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4O blessed is the man whose trust
upon the Lord relies;
Respecting
not the proud, nor such
as turn aside to lies.
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5O Lord my God, full many are
the wonders thou hast done;
Thy
gracious thoughts to us-ward far
above all thoughts are gone:
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In
order none can reckon them
to thee: if them declare,
And
speak of them I would, they more
than can be number'd are.
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6No sacrifice nor offering
didst thou at all desire;
Mine
ears thou bor'd: sin-off 'ring thou
and burnt didst not require:
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7Then to the Lord these were my words,
I come, behold and see;
Within
the volume of the book
it written is of me:
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8To do thy will I take delight,
O thou my God that art;
Yea,
that most holy law of thine
I have within my heart.
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9Within the congregation great
I righteousness did preach:
Lo,
thou dost know, O Lord, that I
refrained not my speech.
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10I never did within my heart
conceal thy righteousness;
I
thy salvation have declar'd,
and shown thy faithfulness:
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Thy
kindness, which most loving is,
concealed have not I,
Nor
from the congregation great
have hid thy verity.
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11Thy tender mercies, Lord, from me
O do thou not restrain;
Thy
loving-kindness, and thy truth,
let them me still maintain.
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12For ills past reck'ning compass me,
and mine iniquities
Such
hold upon me taken have,
I cannot lift mine eyes:
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They
more than hairs are on mine head,
thence is my heart dismay'd.
13Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;
Lord, hasten to mine aid.
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14Sham'd and confounded be they all
that seek my soul to kill;
Yea,
let them backward driven be,
and sham'd, that wish me ill.
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15For a reward of this their shame
confounded let them be.
That
in this manner scoffing say,
Aha, aha! to me.
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16In thee let all be glad, and joy,
who seeking thee abide;
Who
thy salvation love, say still,
The Lord be magnify'd.
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17I'm poor and needy, yet the Lord
of me a care doth take:
Thou
art my help and saviour,
my God, no tarrying make.
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