Tehillim 40

²I waited patiently for Hashem ;

and He inclined unto me,

and heard my cry.

³Hashem brought me up also out of a horrible pit,

out of the miry clay,

and set my feet upon a rock,

and established my goings.

⁴And He hath put a shir chadash in my mouth,

even tehillah (hymn of praise) unto Eloheinu;

many shall see it, and fear,

and shall trust in Hashem .

⁵Ashrei is that man that maketh Hashem his trust,

and looketh not to the proud ones,

nor such as turn aside to lies (false g-ds) .

⁶Many, O Hashem Elohai,

are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done,

and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward;

they cannot be recounted unto Thee;

if I would declare and speak of them,

they are more than can be numbered.

⁷Zevach and minchah Thou didst not desire;

mine ears hast Thou pierced;

olah (burnt offering) and chata'ah (sin offering) hast Thou not required.

⁸Then said I, Hinei, I come;

in the megillat sefer it is written of me,

⁹I delight to do Thy will, O Elohai;

yea, Thy torah is within my heart.

¹⁰I have preached tzedek in the kahal rav (great congregation) ;

hinei, I have not restrained my lips,

O Hashem , Thou knowest.

¹¹I have not hid thy tzedek within my lev;

I have declared Thy emunah (faithfulness) and Thy teshuah (salvation) ;

I have not concealed Thy chesed

and Thy emes from the kahal rav.

¹²Withhold not Thou thy rachamim from me, O Hashem ;

let Thy chesed and Thy emes continually preserve me.

¹³For innumerable evils have compassed me about;

mine avonot (iniquities) have overtaken me,

so that I am not able to look up;

they are more than the hairs of mine head;

therefore my lev faileth me.

¹⁴Be pleased, O Hashem , to deliver me;

O Hashem , make haste to help me.

¹⁵Let them be ashamed and mutually confounded

that seek after my nefesh to destroy it;

let them be driven backward and put to shame

that wish me evil.

¹⁶Let them be appalled because of their boshet (shame)

that say unto me, Aha, aha.

¹⁷Let all those that seek Thee

rejoice and be glad in Thee;

let such as love Thy teshuah say continually:

Hashem be magnified!

¹⁸But I am poor and needy;

yet Adonoi thinketh upon me;

Thou art my ezer and my deliverer;

make no tarrying, O Elohai.